Cody Canada - A Little Rain Will Do lyrics

There was powder dust on the section line road Like flower spilled on the kitchen floor It ain't rained since early spring Over a hundred thirty days or more That little pond at the foot of the hill It was dryer than a July wind Loaded up the cows and we took em to town Brought nothin' took em home again [Chorus] It was dry in 1930 It was dry in 32' I don't need a new deal hand out A little rain'll do My grandpa set beneath the shade of a post oak Pulled out his watch and he looked at the sky Wondered out loud will it ever rain I can't remember when it was this dry He looked at his wife and his dusty children And he pondered the fate of a farmin' man You make a crop and it ain't worth nothin' Next year the weather got him again [Chorus] Well my grandpa said that Hoover tried to starve them to d**h Just because they were poor They held on to one another One another's all they had before He finally gave and swallowed his pride Made a mark for credit at the general store Cost a penny a pound for cotton The next year it costs two cents more [Chorus] Well he told me once you better stick to your business Don't be drinkin' and actin' a fool I spent the best years of my life Lookin' at the backside of a mule And he told me once you better get you some schoolin' Take a look at me and these callused hands Don't forget where you were raised Keep a tie to the land [Chorus] No, I don't need a new deal hand out A little rain'll do