Title: I Never See the Rain
Composer: Gary "MoFilker" Hanak
Key: Bm

vs1:
The night is calm, as always, the sky is crystal clear
No clouds on the horizon, the rain is nowhere near
I can't stay here much longer much as I'd like to remain
For to live, a land needs water, and while I'm here it will not rain

ch:
There's nowhere I can go that my presence can long abide
For I must roam forever, no more anchored than the tide
I know no home and always bear the stigma of my shame
For it's Gaea I've offended--now I never see the rain...

vs2:
I was rising mogul, and a politician, too
A lobbyist for business--I was bottom line clear through
My corporate ads I staged in lands unsullied and pristine
And then often took them over to put up new factories

vs3:
I only cared for profits. I watched that bottom line
My manor grew while all the plants around my own plants died
I spared not a thought for Nature--for the environment, not a care
While my factories would foul the land, the waters, and the air...

vs4:
I didn't know there'd been a trial or a judgement somehow laid
It took months for us to notice, what with the mess I'd made
But streams soon ceased their flowing, ponds and lakes began to dry
We saw that all around there'd soon be nothing left alive

bridge1:
And when rainfall over time was finally plotted
A pattern crystal clear was quickly spotted
Like a giant reversed bull's-eye 'round my home
... ... ... A hundred mile radius no-rain zone

Coincidence, or fluke, the consequences are the same
Be it chance or Nature's ire I still never ...
... never ...
... see the rain...

(instrumental)

bridge2:
I've been tried and convicted by many juries in many lands
Fines levied, and liens issued, my companies disbanded
But I can't be put in prison while the judgement on me stands
For lock me up, and the soil turns to sand...

vs5:
Though I work to heal the ill I've done, it's Gaea I've offended
I'll most likely die before I can atone
But still, I try each day to show my contrition's not pretended
And hope one day I will not have to roam...

vs6:
Courts and judgments aren't why I work to change my ways
It's what I've done and who I've hurt that haunts my nights and days
If my apology's accepted, it should be a fact quite plain
I'll know I've been forgiven should I ever . . .
... see the rain...

ch:
There's nowhere I can go that my presence can long abide
For I must roam forever, no more anchored than the tide
I know no home and always bear the stigma of my shame
For it's Gaea I've offended--now I never see the rain.

... never see the rain...