Today is not like any other day This one's gone and turned a darker shade of gray What will I have learned Tell me, tell me, somebody tell me now When this hard rain's gone away? There is a safe place that I used to know It's the only place that I wanna go Where else could I turn Tell me, tell me, somebody tell me now 'Til this hard rain's gone away? Grandma, grandpa, mother, father, sister, brother, Lord Please help the child, I heard the preacher say, it's so sad I see the airplane, I hear the engine on the boat But y'all can't see me waving the flag Somebody please wave the flag, yeah Grandma, grandpa, mother, father, sister, brother, Lord Please help the child, I heard the preacher say, it's okay I see the airplane, I hear the engine on the boat But y'all can't see me waving the flag Somebody please wave the flag, yeah What will I have learned Tell me, tell me now, somebody tell me how When this hard rain's gone away? Today is not like any other day So I'm gonna have to find another way People, we got to find another way Can you tell me how Tell me, tell me, somebody tell me now When the hard rain's gone away? I see them waving the flag Tell the chopper over here, man, we're waving the flag I see them waving the flag Tell the boat over here, man, we're waving the flag Man, I'm waving the flag Tell the chopper over here, man, we're waving the flag Man, I'm waving the flag Tell the boat over here, man, we're waving the flag Waving the flag, waving the flag