Tom T. Hall - I Hope It Rains At My Funeral lyrics

A man with forty acres plowed and planted
Can't send no fourteen year-old
Boy to no school
The only thing I learned in the years
I worked on my daddy's farm was
"Son, you better get them crops
In when it turns cool"
In the magazines, I saw the naked women
I heard about the drinkin' and the bars
If my daddy could've caught me
He'd a-killed me
He said, "You might run, boy
But you ain't gonna get far"
I hit town or you might say that it hit me
Next mornin' there were things
I knew more about
The woman who had taken me in said
"Country boy, you're all right"
The same way I turned her on
She turned me out
The first law I broke, right away they got me


I helped them build the
Country roads for awhile
They fed me two times a day
And knocked me down about four
For thirty days I didn't even crack a smile
I met a nice girl and she said I was her baby
She let me go and would never tell me why
I learned what it means
To be somebody's baby
They let you lie in your
Bed by yourself and cry
The miles were good but the mileage
Is turnin' my hair gray
I've met some people that knew
Me and call me friend
Ain't no sense in wantin' my
Life to live over
I'd find different ways to
Make those mistakes again
So let me say this
I never tried to hurt anybody
Though I guess there's a few that I
Still couldn't look in the eye
If I've got one wish
I hope it rains at my funeral
For once, I'd like to be the only one dry