The Walkabouts - Rainmaker Blues lyrics

The rainmaker's comin' He's already in the next town The rainmaker's comin' He's already in the next town He's got a cannon of fire And he's sportin' an alchemist's smile He has a book of deliverance Be patient, be here in a while The fields they went bone dry Here in the back of beyond The fields they went bone dry Here in the back of beyond The rains were never forgiving But now they have vanished and gone I swear on my first-born Did something wicked and wrong It k**s me you don't believe It k**s me you don't Don't believe The rainmaker's here Holdin' court at the end of the bar I said, the rainmaker's here Holdin' court at the end of the bar Playin's craps with all the money Collected from near and from far Gathering believers Everywhere that he goes, near and far The rain is our mana The rain is the blood of our blood The purest of crystal A message of righteousness come The rainmaker left us He left us to wait for the flood The rainmaker left us And soon we will swim in the mud There are towns where we should have gone Wrapped tight in chicken wire There are towns where we should have gone Towns that ain't tryin' so hard Let it go