If It Don't Rain

from Old Hand by Terry Lee Hale

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IF IT DON’T RAIN

RUNNING OUT OF PATIENCE AND COURAGE
HOLDING ON TO PAPER AND STEAM
TRY A LITTLE LONGER I WANT TO
BUT DRY IS DRY AND I NEED
A SPRINKLE OF THE WATER
STARTED WITH ENOUGH I WAS THINKING
WIDE-EYED OPTIMIST ME
BUT THE WIND’S STILL PUSHING AND I’M LEANING
AND NO GREEN AS FAR AS I CAN SEE
BENT BACK BLISTERED AND BURNING
A FACE I DON’T KNOW
BUT IT’S TRUE THAT WHAT I FOLLOW
IS JUST WHAT I HOLD

I’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR AN OASIS
IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS DESERT
ONCE I THOUGHT I SAW IT
BUT I REACHED AND THERE WAS SILENCE
SO, OK I GET THE MESSAGE
IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS LAKEBED
BUT IT WON’T MATTER ANYWAY
IF IT DON’T RAIN

CHORUS:
I’M GONNA GET BLOWN AWAY
IF IT DON’T RAIN
DRY UP AND BLOW AWAY
IF IT DON’T RAIN
HOW ROMANTIC THIS PASSION
HOW ROMANTIC THIS WAY
HOW ROMANTIC THIS PASSION
IF IT DON’T RAIN

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from Old Hand, released November 11, 2020
Karel Holas - violin

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Terry Lee Hale Marseille, France

Currently a resident in Marseille, Hale has been releasing albums for more than three decades. Hale’s work is stubborn and transcendent of genres and deeply evocative in a way that only a true original can be.

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