“The Drought”
[For the Earth Neighbor, Richard Lawry]
Sarah Dan Jones

 Verse 1: There’s a drought in the Southland and all along the east coast
It’s a powerful shortage of that we need most
The dry air, the sunshine, burning our crops
But the teardrops keep falling, those we can’t seem to stop

V2.:  The dryness began the same time you fell ill
We were praying for rainfall and for you to get well
Seems we can’t have it both ways, one has to stop
So we squeezed out the sadness, drop by drop


CHORUS: 
       	I’ve cried a bucket of tears for you
	But no clouds are building and the sky is still blue
	No mercy, no let up – again and again
	While we work to create a drought from within


V3:  You were gathering water from your nearby stream
To provide for your family and to keep yourself clean
But no matter your efforts, the drought lingered on
So we filled up the cistern with a flood of our own

CHORUS

V4.:  As your body grew weaker, the clouds took a turn
Your Spirit grew stronger, there was so much to learn
We longed for your courage as you passed us by
Just as a deluge dropped from the sky


TAG: 	We’ll cry no more bucket of tears for you
	The clouds can keep building or the sky can stay blue
	No matter, no worries from beginning to end
	While we welcome the gift of your life from within
									

July 3, 2001
Sarah Dan Jones – Blairsville, Georgia
Copyright 2001