"Desert Rain"
lyrics and music by Benjamin Newman

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Bright is the sun at the break of day,
But brighter the sun at noon,
When the hot, dry wind sweeps the clouds away,
And whistles alone on the dune.

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	"But the wind can't push us back forever,"
	Cried the clouds as they drifted away,
	"And as sure as the wind can carry us off,
	She'll carry us back some day..."

The sun still shines in his empty sky,
And the hot, dry wind still screams,
Chasing the sands through the canyonlands,
Where once there were rivers and streams.

	"But the rain can't be postponed forever,"
	The clouds have been heard to say,
	"Drive us here and there, drive us off -- we swear
	That we will return some day..."

Chill was the wind on that fateful day,
And pale was the sun in his sphere,
When the gathered clouds chased them both away,
And joyfully shed their sweet tears.

	"No land can thirst forever,
	If life is to find a way!"
	"Let the tale be heard, we have kept our word!
	For the clouds have returned this day!"

		BREAK

Bright is the sun, for the rain has gone,
And the clouds are resigned to their doom;
But as the wind sweep them off again,
The desert awakens in bloom!

	For the sun and the wind are mighty,
	But the rain is stronger still;
	For a day of rain on the dusty plain
	Can a year's long thirst fulfill.