Notes: This song began as a simple response to last week's heat wave. Then, as headlines scorched out stories about the Israel and Lebanon bombings, followed by more Iraq bombings, followed by forest fires out west, I started warming up to the idea of a broader connection between the literal and figurative temperature of the world. Seems to me we could all use a long, lazy downpour to cleanse our unrest.

Praying for Rain "Click here to listen" 7/20/06

Chris Werner: Upright Bass
Justin Todhunter: Mandolin, Backup Vocals
Kentucky Graham: Tenor Guitar

The planes pour down a storm of rage
The lightning strikes ignite the blaze
The world's on fire and I'm just praying for rain

The bomb-blast clouds pound the skies
The air field's filled with fireflies
The world's on fire and I'm just praying for rain

This is the point where we are warned
The boiling point of no return

The climate's wild, it's way too hot
We're all gonna bake if we don't cool off
The world's on fire and I'm just praying for rain

We all will drop if the temperatures rise
If divided we live, then united we'll die
The world's on fire and I'm just praying for rain

The smoke it blinds and blows and bends
And believe it or not, it'll get us in the end
The world's on fire and I'm just praying for rain

This is the point where we are warned
The boiling point of no return

I wish, I wish in the well for luck
That the water in the world ain't all washed up
The world's on fire and I'm just praying for rain