The Rains Arrive Like an Old Friend's Knock

Lyrics

The sky goes heavy at the edge of town
The dust lifts up, the dry leaves settle down
A smell of earth comes drifting down the lane
And all of us look up to meet the rain

My mother used to stand beside the door
With open hands, as though she'd waited for
A guest who comes but once a year, and knows
The way to every field that thirsts and grows

The rains arrive like an old friend's knock
Three slow drops on the window glass
And the whole wide valley opens up
To let the long-awaited pass
Come in, come in, we've kept your chair
The kettle's on, the fields are bare
The rains arrive like an old friend's knock
And the world begins to answer back

The children run out barefoot in the mud
The river wakes and gathers in its flood
I stand where she once stood and hold my hands
And feel the years run softly through my hands

The rains arrive like an old friend's knock
Three slow drops on the window glass
And the whole wide valley opens up
To let the long-awaited pass
Come in, come in, we've kept your chair
The kettle's on, the fields are bare
The rains arrive like an old friend's knock
And the world begins to answer back

Green will follow, green will rise
Under these wide and weeping skies
Everything that waited long
Learns the shape of its own song

The rains arrive like an old friend's knock
Three slow drops on the window glass
And the whole wide valley opens up
To let the long-awaited pass
Come in, come in, we've kept your chair
The kettle's on, the fields are bare
The rains arrive like an old friend's knock
And the world begins to answer back

Come in, come in
The world begins to answer back