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THE BIG RAIN

The mothers do the raindance
the daughters file for rape
while the lawyers behind closed curtains
adjust their red tape
and the howling wind of catastrophe
has got a lot of freedom to blow
Romeo looks in Juliet’s eyes
she never would say no

The bankman in the boardroom
buys a briefcase for his knife
and discusses the latest attractions
of his gypsy Italian wife
and the nondescript manuscript
of a poet of a bygone age
confounds his confusion
with a rose on every page

Before the big
the big rain

In the nightingale café around midnight
they play the bohemian blues
and they’re all dancing in pairs
because they know they’ve got
nothing to lose
and as closing time grows nearer
Keats drains his last cup
shoots his last game of pool and shouts
‘it’s not enough’

There’s a skyscraper in a suit
shouting ‘children what have you done’
while they’re out on the streets
he’s got plans to block out the sun
and by evening
the glow of the streetlamps
is overcome by the darkening day
the marchers
are pleading for a comment
but he’s got nothing to say

Before the big
the big rain

At the beach party they’re embarrassed
Brando mumbles about a contender
the cameras zoom out
and the statues move
a saxophone a surrender
and as a madman shakes his geranium
they raise the Titanic
as the buildings burn

In the front line demonstration
they play the death march
to the samba beat
the romance of a testcard
the Lady of Shallott walks the streets
and the stars come out to be scattered
and lie splintered in the pool
dancing in the darkest hour
as the six of wands
faces the Fool

The big rain

When fact is an outlaw
and fiction walks assured
you’ll be back again someday
or so I’ve heard
I can’t answer your
tragical questions
you wrote me when we were apart
I can give you fragments
for a conversation
we always did take them
to heart

The Big Rain

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from Rave on Andy White (reissue), released October 15, 2018

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