A Little Rain - Gavin Bryars, Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan

The Ice Man’s mule is parked outside the bar

Where a man with missing fingers

Plays a strange guitar

And the German dwarf

Dances with the butcher’s son

And a little rain never hurt no one

They are dancing on the roof

And the ceiling’s coming down

And I sleep with my shovel and my leather gloves

And a little trouble makes it worth the going

And a little rain never hurt no one

The world is round and I’ll go around

You must risk something that matters

My hands are strong

I’ll take any man here

If it’s worth the going

It’s worth the ride

She was fifteen years old

And she’s never seen the ocean

She climbed into a van

With a vagabond

And the last thing she said

Was, «I love you mom»

And a little rain never hurt no one

And a little rain never hurt no one