Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Buy For Me The Rain lyrics

Buy for me the rain, my darling, buy for me the rain; Buy for me the crystal pools that fall upon the plain. And i'll buy for you a rainbow and a million pots of gold. Buy it for me now, babe, before i am too old. Buy for me the sun, my darling, buy for me the sun; Buy for me the light that falls when day has just begun. And i'll buy for you a shadow to protect you from the day. Buy it for me now, babe, before i go away. Buy for me the robin, darling, buy for me the wing; Buy for me a sparrow, almost any flying thing. And i'll buy for you a tree, my love, where a robin's nest may grow. Buy it for me now, babe, the years all hurry so. I cannot buy you happiness, i cannot by you years; I cannot buy you happiness, in place of all the tears. But i can buy for you a gravestone, to lay behind your head. Gravestones cheer the living, dear, they're no use to the dead.