Daddy Just Wants It to Rain

<br>Written by peter holsapple<br><br>Main voice: peter<br><br>Produced by continental drifters &amp; mike mayeux<br><br>Released on vermilion (1999)<br><br><br><br>Daddy was the eldest of ten<br><br>And my mama was an only child<br><br>She mustve represented back then<br><br>The part of him that couldnt go wild<br><br>She was free<br><br>Something he could never be<br><br>cause daddy was the one<br><br>Who always took responsibility.<br><br><br><br>They met at a uso dance hall<br><br>At the start of the second world war<br><br>She was gentle, kind and intelligent<br><br>Something daddyd never known before<br><br>And they danced<br><br>Later on came the romance<br><br>cause daddy shipped out<br><br>Before he had the chance to ask for her hand.<br><br><br><br>But it all turned out all right<br><br>And he would lay in his hammock at night<br><br>Dreaming of a family and home<br><br>With the woman that he left behind<br><br>At night, his shipmates would go check out the bars<br><br>But daddyd just stare at the stars<br><br>And dream of her<br><br>til he thought he might lose his mind.<br><br><br><br>They got married on v.e. day<br><br>By the preacher from my mamas church<br><br>Mamad always dreamed of a honeymoon<br><br>But daddy had to go back to work<br><br>He plowed those fields<br><br>Since the navy never tought him a trade<br><br>Mamad make his lunch<br><br>And theyd eat it out in the shade.<br><br><br><br>The boys were born in the fifties<br><br>Georgie, herman and me<br><br>And we grew up wanting for nothing<br><br>til georgie saw his first tv<br><br>It was the christmas of 1959<br><br>There was a console in the living room<br><br>Well, mama and the boys watched variety shows<br><br>And daddy just stared out at the moon.<br><br><br><br>The drought hit hard in the sixties<br><br>And the irrigation couldnt control<br><br>Mama sighed when they sold the farm<br><br>But daddy lost a piece of his soul<br><br>He said &quot;hard work is a virtue<br><br>And you should always work as hard as you can&quot;<br><br>He said &quot;hard work will never hurt you&quot;<br><br>But he never said nothing about the land.<br><br><br><br>Yeah, but mama always told us boys<br><br>&quot;you should follow the golden rule<br><br>Always look for the good in the other guy<br><br>But never be anyones fool&quot;<br><br>Then daddyd laugh a little<br><br>Then hed look out at his weather vane<br><br>Oh mama wants a rainbow<br><br>Daddy just wants it to rain.<br><br><br><br>They moved in with hermans family<br><br>In the nice part of the city<br><br>Mamad help gina with the grandchildren<br><br>And tried to make the house look pretty<br><br>But daddyd sit at his window<br><br>From when he got up til he went to bed<br><br>Just knowing that hed failed his family<br><br>He couldnt get it out of his head.<br><br><br><br>It was the summer of 1978<br><br>When mama caught pneumonia and died<br><br>Daddy lost his will to live that fall<br><br>Now theyre buried side by side<br><br>And in the midst of all our grief<br><br>Georgie said to our relief<br><br>&quot;well, mama got her rainbow<br><br>And its starting to rain&quot;.<br><br><br><br>He said &quot;mama got her rainbow<br><br>And its starting to rain&quot;.<br><br><br><br>And its starting to rain<br><br>Its starting to rain<br><br>Its starting to rain<br><br>Its starting to rain<br><br>Its starting to rain.<br><br><br><br>Its starting to rain<br><br>Its starting to rain<br><br>Its starting to rain, to rain, rain<br><br>To rain.