A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
Edie Brickell Lyrics

Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son?
Where have you been, my son with blue eyes?

Oh, where have you been, my darling young one?
Where have you been, my beloved young one?

I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains,
I've tripped on the side of a dozen foggy mountains,

I've walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways,
I've hiked and crawled on six twisted roads,

I've stepped in the middle of seven sad forests,
I've entered the center of 7 depressing woods,

I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans,
I've been in front of twelve lifeless seas,

I've been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard,
I've traveled ten thousand miles inside a cemetery,

And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard, And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.
It's difficult, and it's tough, it's challenging, and it's intense. A heavy rainfall is coming.

Oh, what did you see, my blue-eyed son?
What did you see, my son with blue eyes?

Oh, what did you see, my darling young one?
What did you see, my beloved young one?

I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it
I saw a baby with wolves surrounding it.

I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it,
I saw a road with diamonds but no one was on it.

I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin',
I saw a black limb that kept bleeding.

I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin',
I saw a room with men who were bleeding from using their hammers.

I saw a white ladder all covered with water,
I saw a white ladder covered with water.

I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken,
I saw ten thousand speakers who couldn't talk.

I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children,
I saw young children with guns and sharp swords in their hands.

And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.
It's difficult, and it's tough, it's challenging, and it's intense. A heavy rainfall is coming.

And what did you hear, my blue-eyed son?
What did you hear, my son with blue eyes?

And what did you hear, my darling young one?
What did you hear, my beloved young one?

I heard the sound of a thunder, it roared out a warnin',
I heard the sound of warning thunder rumbling.

Heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world,
I heard the sound of a wave that could flood the whole world.

Heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazin',
I heard one hundred drummers with blazing hands.

Heard ten thousand whisperin' and nobody listenin',
I heard ten thousand whispers but no one was listening.

Heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin',
I heard one person starving while many others laughed.

Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter,
I heard the poem of a poet who died in the street.

Heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley,
I heard the sound of a clown crying in the alley.

And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.
It's difficult, and it's tough, it's challenging, and it's intense. A heavy rainfall is coming.

Oh, who did you meet, my blue-eyed son?
Who did you meet, my son with blue eyes?

Who did you meet, my darling young one?
Who did you meet, my beloved young one?

I met a young child beside a dead pony,
I met a young child next to a dead pony.

I met a white man who walked a black dog,
I met a white man who walked a black dog.

I met a young woman whose body was burning,
I met a young woman whose body was on fire.

I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow,
I met a young girl who gave me a rainbow.

I met one man who was wounded in love,
I met one man who was heartbroken.

I met another man who was wounded with hatred,
I met another man who was hurt by hatred.

And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.
It's difficult, and it's tough, it's challenging, and it's intense. A heavy rainfall is coming.

Oh, what'll you do now, my blue-eyed son?
What will you do now, my son with blue eyes?

Oh, what'll you do now, my darling young one?
What will you do now, my beloved young one?

I'm a-goin' back out 'fore the rain starts a-fallin',
I'm going outside before the rain begins.

I'll walk to the depths of the deepest black forest,
I'll walk into the depths of the blackest forest,

Where the people are many and their hands are all empty,
Where many people are with empty hands.

Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters,
Where poison is contaminating their water.

Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison,
Where homes in the valley meet the wet, filthy prison.

Where the executioner's face is always well hidden,
Where the executioner's face always stays hidden.

Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten,
Where hunger is unsightly and souls are unremembered.

Where black is the color, where none is the number,
Where everything is black and there is no one.

And I'll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it,
And I'll tell it, think it, speak it, and breathe it.

And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it,
And I'll reflect it from the mountain so everyone can see it.

Then I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin',
Then I'll stand on the ocean until I begin to sink.

But I'll know my song well before I start singin',
But I'll know my song before I begin to sing.

And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.
It's difficult, and it's tough, it's challenging, and it's intense. A heavy rainfall is coming.