there s a black cloud rising broad and wide like a dark horizon before my eyes better pray for peace and guard my kin cause the thunderhead is rolling in see the branches swaying the waters crash through the deeper valley where few will pass i will set my feet and raise my chin when the thunderhead comes rolling in baby where will you wait where will you go when the tide s rushing in the and the cold winds come blowing baby when the thunderhead s raging i will shelter you without breaking keep your lantern burning while skies go dark travel light and fleeting should you embark on a journey forged of rugged ground and a thunderhead comes bearing down baby where will you wait where will you go when the tide s rushing in the and the cold winds come blowing baby when the thunderhead s raging i will shelter you without breaking baby when the thunderhead s rolling mine will be the hand that you re holding hold me close and steady do not lose heart when the rest go running i ll not depart we will find that well of hope within when the thunderhead comes rolling in