Lyrics The Walkabouts

The Walkabouts

Rainmaker Blues

The rainmaker's comin'

He's already in the next town

The rainmaker's comin'

He's already in the next town

He's got a cannon of fire

And he's sportin' an alchemist's smile

He has a book of deliverance

Be patient, be here in a while

Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin

The fields they went bone dry

Here in the back of beyond

The fields they went bone dry

Here in the back of beyond

The rains were never forgiving

But now they have vanished and gone

I swear on my first-born

Did something wicked and wrong

It kills me you don't believe

It kills me you don't

Don't believe

The rainmaker's here

Holdin' court at the end of the bar

I said, the rainmaker's here

Holdin' court at the end of the bar

Playin's craps with all the money

Collected from near and from far

Gathering believers

Everywhere that he goes, near and far

The rain is our mana

The rain is the blood of our blood

The purest of crystal

A message of righteousness come

The rainmaker left us

He left us to wait for the flood

The rainmaker left us

And soon we will swim in the mud

There are towns where we should have gone

Wrapped tight in chicken wire

There are towns where we should have gone

Towns that ain't tryin' so hard

Let it go