Rain Song

[H.C., spoken]
Rain
How would you make it, Mister Starbuck?

[STARBUCK, spoken]
How?
How?

[STARBUCK]
My method's like my name
It's all my very own
You wanna hear my deal?
You'll only need a hundred dollars in advance
In twenty-four hours
You'll have rain

[JIM, spoken]
You mean it?

[STARBUCK]
Real rain

[JIM, spoken]
Real rain!

[STARBUCK]
Rain is rain, brother
It comes from the sky
A wetness known as water
Aqua pura

Mammals drink from it
Fish swim around in it
Little boys wade in it
Birds flap their wings
And sing a song like sunrise

[STARBUCK, spoken]
Water!
I recommend it!

[STARBUCK]
Cumulo!
Cumulo-nimbo!
Ah!

Oh, you ask me the way I'll do it
Well, I'll do it the way I please
I got forty-'leven different methods
But I might use one of these

I might take my stick, my hickory stick
And then I pick it up and pitch it high

[JIM, spoken]
Hot damn!

[STARBUCK]
And then I shout like hell 'til I scare the hail
Right down from outta the sky
Then the rain comes
Then the rain comes
Then the rain comes

It's gonna rain all through the mornin'
It's gonna rain all through the night
It's gonna rain all day tomorrow
And Lord God Almighty
Now won't that be a sight

There's cotton out there that'll grow
There are rivers that'll overflow
There's dyin' cattle that'll rise right up and live
It's gonna rain a month of Sundays
And a hundred dollars is all that you gotta give

[STARBUCK, TOWNSPEOPLE]
There's a big rain a-comin'
There's a big rain a-comin'
Oh (There's a big rain a-comin')
There's a big rain a-comin'
I'm talking about a good Old Testament (Rain)
Wade in the water and shoutin' glory

Rain (There's a big rain a-comin')
There's a big rain a-comin'
I'm talking about a take your clothes off (Rain)
Jump in the cowtank, floatin' like a rowboat
Rain (There's a big rain a-comin')
There's a big rain a-comin'

I'm a-talkin' about a catch that catfish (Rain)
Have a little fish fry, plenty of chow chow
Rain (There's a big rain a-comin')
There's a big rain a-comin'

I'm talkin' about a once in a lifetime (Rain)
Tell your children and write it in the Bible (A big rain)
Never forget it, makin' up stories
Singin' and dancin' friends and neighbors (A big rain)
Gimme your hand, sister! (A big rain)
Gimme your hand, brother!

[STARBUCK & TOWNSPEOPLE]
When the rain comes

[TOWNSPEOPLE]
When the rain comes

[STARBUCK & TOWNSPEOPLE]
When the rain comes

[TOWNSPEOPLE]
When the rain comes

[STARBUCK & TOWNSPEOPLE]
When the rain comes

[TOWNSPEOPLE]
It's gonna rain all through the mornin'
It's gonna rain all through the night
It's gonna rain all day tomorrow

[STARBUCK & TOWNSPEOPLE]
And Lord God Almighty, now won't that be a sight

[STARBUCK]
There's cotton out there that'll grow
There are rivers that'll overflow

[STARBUCK & TOWNSPEOPLE]
There's dyin' cattle that'll rise right up and live
It's gonna rain a month of Sundays

[STARBUCK & TOWNSPEOPLE]
Gonna rain both day and night (Gonna rain both day and night)
Gonna rain with all its might (Gonna rain with all of its might)
Gonna rain if you'll just let me do my

[STARBUCK & TOWNSPEOPLE]
Cumulo
Cumulo-nimbo

[STARBUCK & TOWNSPEOPLE]
Gonna rain (Gonna rain)
Gonna rain (Gonna rain)
Gonna

[STARBUCK & TOWNSPEOPLE]
Rain, rain
Rain, rain today!

[TOWNSPEOPLE]
Gonna rain!