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Intro
Turned on the wea-ther man just af-ter the news,
I need-ed sweet rain to wash a-way my blues.
He looked at the chart, but he looked in vain:
Hea-vy cloud, but no rain.
Back in time with Lou-is X V I,
at the court of the peo-ple he was num-ber one.
He'd be the blu-est blood they'd ev-er seen,
when the king said, 'Hi' to the guill-o-tine.
The roy-al a-stro-lo-ger was run out of breath,
he thought that may-be the rain would post-pone his death.
He look in the sky, but he look in vain:
Hea-vy cloud, but no rain.
Well the land was crack-ing and the ri-ver was dry;
all the crops were dy-ing when they ought to be high.
So to save his farm from the bank-er's draft,
the farm-er took out a book on some old witch-craft.
He made a spell and a po-tion on a mid-sum-mer's night,
he killed a brind-led calf in the pale moon-light.
He prayed to the sky, but he prayed in vain:
Hea-vy cloud, but no rain.
The sun won't shine till the clouds are gone.
The clouds won't go till their work is done.
And eve-ry morn-ing you'll hear me pray:
If on-ly it would rain to-day.
I asked my ba-by if there'd be some way,
She said she save her love for a rain-y day.
I look in the sky, but I look in vain:
Hea-vy cloud, but no rain.