Lyrics
There in the first rays of the morning
a blackbird sings alone
a song for all the wrong ones
who'll never find a home
if that's a lonely omen, that's OK
I'm just praying for rain
praying for rain
I went and buried my last barley
in a hollow bullock's tusk
I hear that people starving
'cos the grain has got some rust
all my gods got charged and put away
still I'm praying for rain
And I'll pray to just about anyone
who'll come and make the rivers run
and wash away the salt within my veins
sacrifice and sacrilege
oh for the taste of this
absolution only she can bring
only she can bring
She may never know this hunger
she may never come around
the sound of distant thunder's
like a curse upon the ground
we live and learn and last another day
still I'm praying for rain
I'm praying for rain
I keep on praying for rain
just a few drops of rain