The Rain Came Down

And the rain came down
Some took their lives from their land and moved on

So don't you come around here with your auctioneer man
And the restless shall go and the faithful shall stay
Over and over again
And the rain came down
'Cause she figured he knew what was best
And the good Lord, He giveth and He taketh away
Twenty-three summers ago

It'll wash you away and there ain't never enough
Fall turned to winter another year gone
'Cause you can have the machines but you ain't taking my land
Like an angel come down from above
And they settled down hard on a government grant
And the rain came down
And the rain came down
And some stayed on to plow it back in
Like an angel come down from above
And the rain came down
Now my granddaddy died in the room he was born in

The old woman fearlessly faced the unknown
It'll wash you away and there ain't never enough
But I could have sworn he was beside me this morning

And the rain came down
Like an angel come down from above

With six mouths to feed and forty acres to plant
When the sheriff showed up at my door