title: The Beauty of the Rain
text: # The Beauty of the Rain
  
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  The Beauty of the Rain is the fifth studio album by Dar Williams.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All songs written by Dar Williams, except where noted.
  
  * "Mercy of the Fallen" – 4:11
  * "Farewell to the Old Me" – 2:45
  * "I Saw a Bird Fly Away" – 2:51
  * "The Beauty of the Rain" – 3:00
  * "The World's Not Falling Apart" – 4:24
  * "The One Who Knows" – 3:47
  * "Closer to Me" (Williams, Rob Hyman) – 3:42
  * "Fishing in the Morning" – 2:38
  * "Whispering Pines" (Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson) – 4:00
  * "Your Fire Your Soul" – 3:04
  * "I Have Lost My Dreams" – 3:05
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Dar Williams – guitar, vocals
  * Eric Bazilian – guitar, mandolin
  * Chris Botti – trumpet
  * Cliff Eberhardt – vocals
  * Béla Fleck – banjo
  * Steve Holley – drums
  * Rob Hyman – piano, Hammond organ, production, Wurlitzer, melodica, keyboards, Reed organ
  * Stewart Lerman – bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, engineering, production
  * Michael Kang – violin
  * Alison Krauss – vocals
  * Stefan Lessard – bass guitar
  * David Mansfield – violin
  * John Medeski – piano, clavinet, Hammond organ
  * Sammy Merendino – drums
  * John Popper – harmonica, vocals
  * Steuart Smith – guitar, 12-string guitar, e-bow, piano, Hammond organ, harmonica
  * Paul Sokolow – bass guitar
  * Carol Steele – percussion
  * William Wittman – bass guitar, engineering, mixing
  