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The Rain Song Lyrics by Steve Kazee

110 in the Shade (2007 Broadway Revival)

2007

[JIM, spoken]
You really mean that you can bring rain?
[LIZZIE, spoken]
He talks too fast... he can't bring anything!
[JIM, spoken]
I asked him. How would you bring it, Starbuck?
[STARBUCK, spoken]
How?
(sung)
Sodium chloride, pitch it up high —
Pitch it up high, right up to the clouds
Electrify the cold front
Neutralize the warm front
Magnetize occlusions in the sky!
[LIZZIE, spoken]
In other words, bunk!
[STARBUCK, spoken]
Lady, you're right! Do you know why it sounds like bunk? Because it is bunk! Bunk and hokey-pokey! And I tell you, I'd be ashamed to use any of those methods!
[LIZZIE, spoken]
Oh, well, what "methods" would you use?
[STARBUCK]
My method's like my name
It's all my very own
You wanna hear my deal?
You only need a hundred dollars in advance
In twenty-four hours
You'll have rain
[JIM, spoken]
You mean it? Real rain?
[STARBUCK]
Real rain!
Rain is rain, brother
It comes from the sky
A wetness known as water
Aqua pura!
Mammals drink from it
Fish swim around in it
Little boys wade in it
Birds flap their wings
And sing a song like sunrise!
Water! Woo!
I recommend it!
Cumulo!
Cumulo-nimbo!
Ahaaa!
Now, you ask me the way I'll do it
Well, I'll do it the way I please
I got forty-'leven different methods
But I might use one of these
I might take this stick, this hickory stick
And then I pick it up and pitch it up high!
[JIM, spoken]
Hot damn!
[STARBUCK]
And then I shout like hell till I scare the hail
Right down from outta the sky!
Then the rain comes!
Then the rain comes!
Then the rain comes!
It's gonna rain all through the mornin'
It's gonna rain all through the night
It's gonna rain all day tomorrow
And Lord God Almighty
Now won't that be a sight!
There's cotton out there that'll grow
There's rivers that'll overflow
There's dyin' cattle that'll rise right up and live!
It's gonna rain a month of Sundays
And a hundred dollars is all that you gotta give!
[STARBUCK]
There's a big rain a-comin'
There's a big rain a-comin'
Ohhh!
Well, I'm talkin' about a good Old Testament, Wade in the Water and Shoutin' Glory
Rain!
Well, I'm talkin' about a Take-your-clothes-off Jump-in-the-Cowtank, Floatin' like a Rowboat rain!
Well, I'm talkin' about a Catch that Catfish, Have a little Fish-fry, Plenty of Chow-chow
Rain!
Well, I'm talkin' about a Once in a Lifetime, Tell your Children, Write it in the Bible—
Never forget it. Makin' up stories Singin' and dancin' Friends and Neighbors!
Gimme your hand, sister!
Gimme your hand, brother!
When the rain comes!
When the rain comes!
When the rain comes!
It's gonna rain
All through the mornin'!
It's gonna rain
All day tomorrow!
It's gonna rain
A month of Sundays!
Gonna rain both day
And night
Gonna rain with all of
Its might...
Gonna rain
Gonna rain
Gonna rain
Rain, rain, rain!
Today!
Gonna rain!
 
[JIM & SNOOKIE]
There's a big rain a-comin'
There's a big rain a-comin'
Rain...
[TOWNSPEOPLE]
There's a big rain a-comin'
There's a big rain a-comin'
Rain...
There's a big rain a-comin'
There's a big rain a-comin'
Rain...
There's a big rain a-comin'
There's a big rain a-comin'
Rain...
Big rain!
Big rain!
Big rain!
When the rain comes!
When the rain comes!
When the rain comes!
It's gonna rain
All through the night!
And Lord God Almighty
Now won't that be a sight!
It's gonna rain
A month of Sundays!
Gonna rain both day
And night
Gonna rain with all
Its might
Gonna rain if you just let him do his
Cumulo (Rain!)
Cumulo-nimbo!
Gonna rain
Gonna rain
-rain
Rain, rain, rain!
Today!
Gonna rain!
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Steve Kazee

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