Daddy Just Wants It To Rain Lyrics - Singles - Continental Drifters

Daddy was the eldest of ten 

And my mama was an only child 

She must've represented back then 

The part of him that couldn't go wild 

She was free 

Something he could never be 

'Cause daddy was the one 

Who always took responsibility 

They met at a USO dance hall 

At the start of the Second World War 

She was gentle, kind and intelligent 

Something daddy'd never known before 

And they danced 

Later on came the romance 

'Cause daddy shipped out 

Before he had the chance to ask for her hand 

But it all turned out all right 

And he would lay in his hammock at night 

Dreaming of a family and home 

With the woman that he left behind 

At night his shipmates would go check out the bars 

But daddy'd just stare at the stars 

And dream of her 

'Til he thought he might lose his mind 

They got married on VE Day 

By the preacher from my mama's church 

Mama'd always dreamed of a honeymoon 

But daddy had to go back to work 

He plowed those fields 

Since the Navy never taught him a trade 

Mama'd make his lunch 

And they'd eat it out in the shade 

The boys were born in the fifties 

Georgie, Herman and me 

And we grew up wanting for nothing 

'Til Georgie saw his first TV 

It was the Christmas of 1959 

There was a console in the living room 

Well, mama and the boys watched variety shows 

And daddy just stared out at the moon 

The drought hit hard in the sixties 

And the irrigation couldn't control 

Mama sighed when they sold the farm 

But daddy lost a piece of his soul 

He said, "Hard work is a virtue 

And you should always work as hard as you can" 

He said, "Hard work will never hurt you" 

But he never said nothing about the land 

Yeah, but mama always told us boys 

"You should follow the golden rule 

Always look for the good in the other guy 

But never be anyone's fool" 

Then daddy'd laugh a little 

Then he'd look out at his weather vane 

Oh, mama wants a rainbow 

Daddy just wants it to rain 

They moved in with Herman's family 

In the nice part of the city 

Mama'd help Gina with the grandchildren 

And tried to make the house look pretty 

But daddy'd sit at his window 

From when he got up 'til he went to bed 

Just knowing that he'd failed his family 

He couldn't get it out of his head 

It was the summer of 1978 

When mama caught pneumonia and died 

Daddy lost his will to live that fall 

Now they're buried side by side 

And in the midst of all our grief 

Georgie said to our relief 

"Mama got her rainbow 

It's starting to rain" 

He said "Mama got her rainbow 

And it's starting to rain" 

It's starting to rain 

It's starting to rain 

It's starting to rain, it's starting to rain 

It's starting to rain, it's starting to rain 

It's starting to rain, it's starting to rain 

To rain, rain, to rain