"Rain" genre: Folk
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	This song is written from the perspective of life on a farm. Naturally as a farmer, you'd want the rain to come and make the crops grow so you can, in turn, sell the crops and buy the things you need and want. Therefore, many a Rain Dance have taken place to beckon the rain to come. Susanna Turner joined me by playing the piano on this one.
	Credits: Doug Spears
	Story Behind the Song I wrote the first verse and chorus sometime around 1999. The second was written about a year and a half later and the third about a year after that. It has taken some time to evolve to the point it's at now and it just seemed like the right time to record it. I played all the instruments except for the piano, which Susanna was nice enough to come all the over from next door to record. Lyrics Step aside Roy boy don't you ever understand? It's a man's plan yeah, you've got to make it on the land Give me dirt, gimme seed don't you ever stop the rain Is it livin near this silo or you that's gone insane? Come on in Jim, Slim you can always feel at home It's a chilly year, hear take a seat and warm your bones Give me peace, gimme space don't you ever stop the rain It's a 50 mile drive just to keep from goin' insane Dance Dance Dance Don't you ever stop the Rain Rain Rain Rain On the hills and on the plains Planes Planes Planes even faster than the trains Dancin all together Cause we want to make it Rain. Start it up Jed I said don't you want to wait for Chuck? It's a hot one today wait a sec and park the truck Give me dirt, gimme seed don't you ever stop the rain It takes a lot of plowin but in turn we'll get some grain Keep it going, don't you stop we only got another acre I want to plant, I want to grow I want to harvest like a Quaker Give me peace, gimme space don't you ever stop the rain There's a big ole' fat check If we get to town with all this grain Dance Dance Dance Don't you ever stop the Rain Rain Rain Rain On the hills and on the plains Planes Planes Planes even faster than the trains Dancin all together Cause we want to make it Rain. What'ya say there Betty did I come in time for dinner? From the birds we got for cookin' there's no doubt you found a winner Give me dirt, gimme seed don't you ever stop the rain It's eatin' like a king that gets me up and keep me goin' The crack of dawn, the rooster crows the sun is barely comin' up I'll do my plowin', I'll do my milkin' when I down this coffee cup Give me peace, gimme space don't you ever stop the rain It's a hard life of work but it's easy on the brain Dance Dance Dance Don't you ever stop the Rain Rain Rain Rain On the hills and on the plains Planes Planes Planes even faster than the trains Dancin all together Cause we want to make it Rain.

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