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17) Winter Rain (for my son Matt)
m.litton

Winter rain, cold dark day
Feels like my soul has turned to clay
Said goodbye to our soldier son
He’s gone away to the sound of guns
He said, “Dad, do not fear”
He said, “Mom, I’ll soon be here”
Until that day the clouds remain
Like a cold dark winter rain

Chorus: Winter rain, winter rain
We said goodbye in the winter rain

Empires will rise, empires will fall
To pounding drums, to the trumpets call
The child you hold becomes a man
He’ll taste the dust of a foreign land
Like a ghost at noon that casts no shadow
He stands alone at the edge of battle
You watch ‘n wait for his return
By a darkened window as the candle burns
(chorus)

When our soldier son comes marchin’ home
A flower will bloom deep in our soul
The clouds will part to a sky of blue
The sun will shine, son, when we see you
He said, “Dad, do not fear”
He said, “Mom, I’ll soon be here”
Until that day the clouds remain
Like a cold dark winter rain
(chorus)

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from Hard West, released January 1, 2005

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I'm a creekbank ghetto boy. Began my singin' near half a century ago in Canada, then hit northeast, down thru Nashville, Austin, out to Colorado and back to Kansas where I started out and will likely remain. My influences are Leadbelly, Jimmie Rodgers, CCR and The Band, while the juices of a hundred others flavor my music, not to mention the devil himself if that's what it takes to make a song... ... more

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