well it hadn t rained in as many sundays as the preacher he had prayed but it didn t matter cause nobody prayed it anyway some danced and some sang some threw silver rings and the corn got yella and the wheat all died and the sun dried up the springs when the rains came the whole town lost it s mind poured gasoline down main street and we set it up on fire when the rains came how were we to know we d held on for so long and just to let it go when the rains came and they called in the state troopers and they called in the police and they arrested everybody my brothers and me and when we got to court and they put us on the stand we just looked at each other started laughing once again cause when the rains came the whole town lost it s mind poured gasoline down main street and we set it up on fire when the rains came how were we to know we d held on for so long and just to let it go when the rains came some say it s a tragedy some say it s a shame some say it s the water we never got to drink some blame jesus some blame the rock and roll i think we were just trying to get a little bit of control so when the rains came the whole town lost it s mind poured gasoline down main street and we set it up on fire when the rains came how were we to know we d held on for so long and just to let it go when the rains came when the rains came when the rains came when the rains came when the rains came