Pray For Rain

	  		
Intro - repeats once after each verse 
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Verse 
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When I was five years old 
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Lookin' through the window pane, 
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There was debt growin' in the fields, 
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Every year it was the same, 
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There was burnt up corn, 
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Livin' in a dusty haze, 
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And daddy'd say good night son, I love you, 
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And pray for rain. 

verse 2 
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Well, it was about mid-July when daddy's pride sank, 
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He told my momma, he was goin' to the bank, 
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He put on his Sunday's best, but it didn't hide his pain, 
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The banker said take the money son, 
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But you better, pray for rain. 

verse 3 
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Well there's no clouds to hide the sun, 
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And there's no waters in the creeks, 
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And there's a fear in the congregation, 
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Every Sunday when we meet, 
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That the devil's found West Texas 
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And he may never leave, 
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The preacher gives his sermon, 
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Says pay your tithes and pray for rain. 

verse 4 
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Now my daddy's land is mine, 
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And times sure ain't the same, 
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The blacktop's taken over, 
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There's no room to grow the grain, 
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And now the man down at the bank 
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Well he don't understand my pain, 
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Cause he don't have to lay his head down every night, 
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And pray for rain. 

Verse 5  
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When I was five years old 
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Lookin' through the window pane, 
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There was debt growin' in the fields, 
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Every year it was the same, 
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There was burnt up corn, 
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Livin' in a dusty haze, 
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And daddy'd say good night son, I love you, 
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And pray for rain.