Tono: G
Introducción:
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First day in August
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Last rain was in May
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When the rainmaker came to Kansas
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In the middle of a dusty day
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And the rainmaker said to the people of Kansas
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"What you are prepared to pay"
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Said the rainmaker to all the people of Kansas
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"I can bring you on a rain today"
Break
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Was ninety degrees in the heat where it's shady
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Hundred and ten in the hot sun
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Heat from the street burned the feet of the ladies
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See how they run...how they run
Break
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Called down the lightning
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By a mystical name
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Then the rainmaker called on the thunder
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And it suddenly began to rain
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Then the rainmaker passed his hat to the people
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But the people all turned away
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Then the rainmaker's eyes
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And the Kansas skies
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They both became a darker grey
Break
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It's the first day in August
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Hasn't been rain since May
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When the rainmaker came into Kansas
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In the middle of a dusty day
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The rainmaker smiled as he hitched up his wagon
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Without a word he rode way
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And the people of the town heard the sound of his laughter
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They knew the rain had come to stay
Banter
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And they were so afraid,
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Well if the rain continued, surely,they would lose all their crops
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and in the ensuing flood they would lose their very farms
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and they were so afraid.
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What can they do, they said,
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We'll have to get some airplanes in here,
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We'll get 5 or 6 of those big bombers and will spray the clouds.
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We'll use some of those fine chemicals they have on the market now.
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So up went 5 big airplanes and they dumped phosphates,
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and they dumped octoates, and they dumped all kinds of ates on the clouds,
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but nothing happened, except that the clouds got a little darker,
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and it rained a little harder.
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And so, in a fit of panic, the people got together again and said,
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We've got to do something to stop this rain,
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and a little man said, well, why don't you sing?
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And they said, well ok, we sing in church on Sundays,
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I suppose it would be alright to sing here too so they got together
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and said, ok, let's do it but, what should we sing?
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And the young man said, well, if you want the rain to go away,
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I'd suggest you sing, rain rain, go away, come again another day,
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or something like that and eventually you will just disburse the clouds.
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So, they said, we'll give it a try.
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But you must remember that Kansas is a very uptight little community
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and so the result when all of these people got together to sing
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was that no one wanted anyone else to know that it was going on.
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So, it sounded kinda' like, uh,
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(muffled) rain rain oh won't ya go away, come again another day.
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No spirit in it at all and the little man said,
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"Now if you really believe in something, it's gonna work out for you,
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but if you don't believe in it,
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it's not gonna work at all, so ya gotta' sing it you know!"
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And they all said, well ok, I suppose we can do it.
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It was very quiet at first, you could hardly hear it.
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It was just a little: rain rain go away, come again another day
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rain rain go away, come again another day
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Then a few more people heard it,
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rain rain go away, come again another day
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then a few more joined in
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rain rain go away come again another day.
Outro
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Rain rain go away
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Come again another day
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Rain rain go away
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Come again another day
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Rain rain go away
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Come again another day
Repeat to fade...