Steve Earle - The Rain Came Down lyrics

The old man loaded up
Everything that he owned
On a wagon and headed out West
The old woman fearlessly faced the unknown
Because she figured he knew what was best
And they settled down hard
On a government grant
With six mouths to feed and
Forty acres to plant

And the rain came down
Like an angel come down from above
And the rain came down
It'll wash you away and
There ain't never enough

Fall turned to winter, another year gone
Over and over again
Some took their lives from the
Land and moved on
Some stayed on to plow it back in
And the Good Lord
He giveth and He taketh away
And the restless shall go and
The faithful shall stay

And the rain came down
Like an angel come down from above
And the rain came down
It'll wash you away and
There ain't never enough

And my granddaddy died in the
Room he was born in twenty-three summers ago
But, I could've sworn he was
Beside me this morning
When the sheriff showed up at my door
So don't you come around here
With your auctioneer man
Because you can have the machines
But you ain't taking my land

And the rain came down
Like an angel come down from above
And the rain came down
It'll wash you away and
There ain't never enough