Thunder - The Rain lyrics

Sun beats down on this thirsting land Burning my will away It's many a mile from the eastern shore And the hope I felt that day We crossed the sea from the old country To the promised land we came Then we headed west on a thankless quest To the place we staked our claim Now the eagle that's circling overhead, he knows my name 'Cause the only thing plentiful here is the dust on the plain Until God brings the rain Wasn't always this way, back in the day All life sprang from this ground But like a slow-burning curse every year's gotten worse So someday it must turn around As the wagons are rolling on out they call me insane But I'm not gonna let this land break me, I'll be staying Until God brings the rain God help me Don't you forsake me this way Am I nothing to you? How much suffering must I stand in your name? I'm only asking for rain The sun sits high in a cruel blue sky Mocking me every day Last night I cried when a storm pa**ed by About fifteen miles away In a dream I saw the coast once more And I walked into the sea I'd have been happy to die as that moment pa**ed by But I woke to this misery And the way things are going I don't know how much more I can take I'm no kind of quitter but how long can any man wait How long must I wait Until God brings the rain?