... my darling young one I heard the sound of thunder that roared out a warning Heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world Heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a blazin' Heard ten thousand whisperin' and nobody listenin' Heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin' Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter Heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley And it's a hard, and it's a hard, and it's a hard hard hard rain's a-gonna fall
Oh who you did meet, my blue eyed son? Who did you meet, my darling young one? I met a young child beside a dead pony I met a man who walked a black dog I met a young girl whose body was burning A young girl, she gave me a rainbow I met one man who was wounded in love Another man who was wounded with hatred And it's a hard, and it's a hard, and it's a hard And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall
Oh what'll you do now, my blue eyed son? What'll you do now, my darling young one? I'm goin' back out 'fore the rain starts a-fallin' Walk throught the depths of the deepest black forest Where the people are many and their hands are all empty Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison Where the executioners face is always well hidden Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten Where black is the colour, and none is the number And I'll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it And reflect it from the mountains so all souls can see it Then I'll stand in the ocean until I start sinking But I'll know my song well before I start singing And it's a hard, and it's a hard, and it's a hard hard hard And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall
And it's a hard, and it's a hard, and it's a hard hard hard And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall And it's a hard, and it's a hard, and it's so hard And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall
