The Clumsy Lovers - Amen lyrics

Amen (Chris Jonat) Well I'm Jonathan Charles Henry McKay I've lived on this farm 30 years and a day Some folks call me Junior but I don't like it that way Since the storm of '90 when dad left to stay Mom pa**ed a year later couldn't bear being alone It's going on ten years I been head of this home Now I got me a wife and three boys of my own I work hard, I live clean, I reap what I've sewn Aint had rain to speak of in round near a year Crops searching for water but there aint nothing near We need something soon, but it won't come I fear My children won't eat, wife'll run out of tears. So I went to the back forty, said I needed the air I walked past the fence, through the Johnson share And when I made right sure no one followed me there I got down on my knees, cried "Lord, do you care?" Amen, Amen, Oh Lord, Amen, Amen Next morning came early sleep still in my eyes My eldest, John Three, he was the first to rise He said, "Daddy come quick I got the biggest surprise" We jumped to our clothes cause we realized Could hear the rain pounding the patio door And sneaking through cracks onto the kitchen floor We danced in the yard til we could stand it no more Then got down on our knees gave our thanks to the Lord I sent the boys to their aunts, day before last Yesterday morning told the wife "get there fast" The water keeps rising it's already past The roof of the house but I'm staying pat Now I'm top of the tree where my daddy once climbed And I'm thinking I'm done though it don't seem my time I got living to do, business to mind Wanna watch the boys grow, see the next in my line And I can't bow down, cause there's no land for my knees But I'm crying out loud now, I'm asking you please Father have mercy, Jesus hear my pleas Lord up in heaven I'm not ready to leave Well I'm Jonathan Charles Henry McKay And I've lived on this farm my ten years and a day Some folks call me Three but I don't like it that way Since daddy done traded his own life for rain