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