A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall-The Staple Singers

[ti:A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall] [ar:The Staple Singers] [al:Faith And Grace: A Family Journey 1953-1976] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.21]A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall - The Staple Singers [00:02.04]Written by：Bob Dylan [00:02.36] [00:03.79]Oh where have you been my blue-eyed son [00:09.01]And where have you been my darling young one [00:14.13] [00:15.55]I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains [00:20.65] [00:21.33]Twelve misty mountains [00:23.43]I've walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways [00:29.13]Six crooked highways [00:31.46]I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans [00:37.01]Dozen dead oceans [00:39.42]I've stepped in the middle of seven sad forests [00:45.14]Seven sad forests [00:47.54]I've been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard [00:53.04]Mouth of a graveyard [00:55.32]And it's a hard [00:56.31]And it's a hard [00:57.81]And it's a hard [00:58.92]And it's a hard [01:00.50]And it's a hard [01:01.69]And it's a hard [01:03.26]It's a hard [01:04.57]It's a hard rain's [01:07.38]A-gonna fall [01:08.64]A-gonna fall [01:09.77] [01:11.43]Oh what did you see my blue-eyed son [01:16.34] [01:17.02]And what did you see my darling young one [01:21.84] [01:23.28]I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it [01:29.02]Wolves all around it [01:31.43]I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it [01:37.14]Nobody on it [01:39.59]I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin' [01:45.22]Blood that kept drippin' [01:47.57]I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin' [01:53.27]Hammers a-bleedin' [01:55.51]I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken [02:01.15]Tongues were all broken [02:03.54]I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children [02:09.13]Hands of young children [02:11.33]And it's a hard [02:12.45]And it's a hard [02:13.36] [02:13.89]And it's a hard [02:14.70] [02:15.20]And it's a hard [02:16.53]And it's a hard [02:18.00]It's a hard [02:19.20]And it's a hard [02:20.76]It's a hard rain's [02:23.34]A-gonna fall [02:24.69]A-gonna fall [02:25.92] [02:27.62]And what did you hear my blue-eyed son [02:32.28] [02:33.00]And what did you hear my darling young one [02:37.79] [02:39.21]I heard the sound of a thunder that roared out a warnin' [02:44.61] [02:45.14]Roared out a warnin' [02:47.32]I heard the roar of a wave you could drown the whole world [02:52.97]Drown the whole world [02:55.33]I heard one man starve I heard many people laughin' [03:01.27]Many people laughin' [03:03.33]I heard the song of a poet that died in the gutter [03:08.53] [03:09.20]Died in the gutter [03:11.49]I heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley [03:17.14]Cried in the alley [03:19.51]I heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazin' [03:25.14]Hands were a-blazin' [03:27.40]I heard the sound of one person who said it was a human [03:33.20]Said it was a human [03:35.53]And it's a hard [03:36.78]And it's a hard [03:38.01]And it's a hard [03:39.19]And it's a hard [03:40.81]It's a hard [03:42.05]It's a hard [03:43.29]And it's a hard [03:44.78]It's a hard rain's [03:47.67]A-gonna fall [03:48.96]A-gonna fall [03:50.35] [03:51.63]Oh what did you meet my blue-eyed son [03:57.21]Who did you meet my darling young one [04:02.36] [04:03.65]I met a young child beside a dead pony [04:09.29]Beside a dead pony [04:11.81]I met a white man who walked a black dog [04:17.33]Walked a black dog [04:19.88]I met a young woman whose body was burning [04:25.49]Body was burning [04:27.95]I met a young girl she gave me a rainbow [04:33.53]Gave me a rainbow [04:36.07]I met one man who was wounded in love [04:41.59]Wounded in love [04:44.03]I met another man who was wounded in hatred [04:49.65]Wounded in hatred [04:51.94]I met ten thousand whispering and nobody listening [04:57.71]Nobody listening [05:00.02]And it's a hard [05:01.19]And it's a hard [05:02.44]And it's a hard [05:03.74]And it's a hard [05:05.08]And it's a hard [05:06.57]It's a hard [05:07.97]It's a hard [05:09.48]It's a hard rain's [05:12.15]A-gonna fall [05:13.43]A-gonna fall [05:14.68] [05:16.12]And what'll you do now my blue-eyed son [05:21.57]And what'll you do my darling young one [05:26.61] [05:28.11]I'm a-goin' back out 'fore the rain starts a-fallin' [05:33.84]Rain starts a-fallin' [05:36.18]I'll walk to the depths of the deepest dark forest [05:41.66]Deepest dark forest [05:44.14]Where the people are a many and their hands are all empty [05:49.96]Hands are all empty [05:52.30]Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters [05:57.77]Flooding their waters [06:00.23]Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison [06:05.71]Damp dirty prison [06:08.12]And the executioner's face is always well hidden [06:14.12]Always well hidden [06:16.13]Where black is the color where none is the number [06:21.60]None is the number [06:24.13]Where hunger is ugly and souls are forgotten [06:29.65]Souls are forgotten [06:31.94]And I'll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it [06:37.86]Speak it and breathe it [06:39.96]And reflect from the mountain so that all souls may see it [06:45.54]All souls may see it [06:47.96]And I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin' [06:53.55]Until I start sinkin' [06:56.16]But I'll know my song well before I start singing [07:01.09] [07:01.63]Before I start singing [07:04.07]And it's a hard [07:05.07]And it's a hard [07:06.37]And it's a hard [07:07.74]And it's a hard [07:09.13]And it's a hard [07:10.54]It's a hard [07:11.85]And it's a hard [07:13.23]It's a hard rain's [07:16.17]A-gonna fall [07:17.67]A-gonna fall