Rain Is a Good Thing - The Mick Lloyd Connection

My daddy spent his life lookin' up at the sky He'd cuss kick the dust, sayin' son it's way to dry It clouds up in the city, the weather man complains But where I come from, rain is a good thing Rain makes corn, corn makes whiskey Whiskey makes my baby feel a little frisky Back roads are boggin' up, my buddies pile up in my truck We hunt our hunnies down, we take 'em into town Start washin' all our worries down the drain Rain is a good thing Ain't nothin' like a kiss out back in the barn Ringin' out our soakin' clothes, ridin' out a thunderstorm When the tin roof gets to talkin' it's the best love we've made Yeah where I come from, rain is a good thing Rain makes corn, corn makes whiskey Whiskey makes my baby feel a little frisky Back roads are boggin' up, my buddies pile up in my truck We hunt our hunnies down, we take 'em into town Start washin' all our worries down the drain Rain is a good thing Farmer Johnson does a little dance Creeks on the rise, roll up your pants Country girls, they wanna cuddle Kids out playin' in a big mud puddle Rain makes corn, corn makes whiskey Whiskey makes my baby, ha ha ha Back roads are boggin' up, my buddies pile up in my truck We hunt our hunnies down, we take 'em into town Start washin' all our worries down the drain Rain is a good thing Rain is a good thing Rain is a good thing Rain is a good thing

Watch out sister, watch out brother, Watch our children while they kill each other With a gun they bought at Walmart discount stores. Welcome to the hallway, metal-detector just been installed... Hey, Isn't cops and robbers gettin' to be a big bore. Mary, Mary quite contrary, close the door now, it's much too scary, And you might see something you wish you hadn't seen. Out of sight, out of time, out of patience, and I'm out of my mind. Governor, tell me what does it mean. Dance children, dance to the beat, Wanna be a hippy cause life was so sweet, Well Good-morning hate. Dance children, dance to the beat, Wanna rock and roll up and down the street, I've got a message, Oh Yeah. "Love is a good thing Love is a good, Love is a good, Love is a good thing. Love is a good thing, Love is a good, Love is a good, Love is a... Good thing." Yeah. Politicians on a mission, build them up, bring them down, For the good of the 'system', Well we don't like the way you live your life. I got one thing I must express, we try our criminals in the press, Justice is a fading light. Mary, Mary quite contrary, close the door now, it's much too scary, And you might see something you wish you hadn't seen. Out of sight, out of time, out of patience, and I'm out of my mind, Governor, tell me what does it mean. Dance children, dance to the beat, Wanna be a hippy cause life was so sweet, Well Good-morning hate. Dance children, dance to the beat, Wanna rock and roll up and down the street, I've got a message, Oh Yeah. Love is a good thing, Love is a good, Love is a good, Love is a good thing. Love is a good thing, Love is a good, Love is a good, Love is a good thing. Love is a good thing, Love is a good, Love is a good, Love is a good thing. Love is a good thing, Love is a good, Love is a good, Love is a good... (Repeat Fading Out) Love, Love, Love. (Repeat Until End)

If you only knew what I saw in you You might break your rules Even change your mind Someday you'll grow up hopefully know enough And recognize A good thing when you see it I know you're kinda slow so boy I'll repeat it I could be that good thing I could be that good thing I think you've had enough It's time that you step up and use your voice For something more cause all that sweet talk worked with them girls You been with before But not with me I need to know If you're done being a boy and you're ready to grow up You better recognize A good thing when you see it I know you're kinda slow so boy I'll repeat it I could be that good thing I could be that good thing If you only knew what I saw in you I could be that good thing A good thing when you see it I know you're kinda slow so boy I'll repeat it I could be that good thing I could be that good thing

Love's Love's such a wonderful thing Just think of the joys it can bring I've got so much love to give to you Now love is a shelter let it be your shade Somewhere you can run to your troubles will fade Life's so full of shadows it's so full of grey Let my love surround you and keep out the pain There's a feeling in the night That I know would be right to be shared Come on tell me what you see Every time you look at me Do you care? Love's Love's such a wonderful thing Just think of the joys it can bring I've got so much love to give to you Love's Love's such a wonderful thing Just think of the joys it can bring I've got so much love to give to you If each passing day girl gets harder to bear You know where to run to I'll always be there There's a feeling in the night That I know would be right to be shared Come on tell me what you see Every time you look at me Do you care? Love's Love's such a wonderful thing Just think of the joys it can bring I've got so much love to give to you Repeat last verse and fade.

I was sittin' there sellin' turnips on a flatbed truck Crunchin' on a pork rind when she pulled up She had to be thinkin' this is where rednecks come from She had Hollywood written on her license plate She was lost and lookin' for the interstate Needin' directions, and I was the man for the job I told her way up yonder past the caution light There's a little country store with an old Coke sign You gotta stop in and ask Miss Bell for some of her sweet tea Then a left will take you to the interstate But a right will bring you right back here to me I was sittin' there thinkin' 'bout her pretty face Kickin' myself for not catchin' her name I threw my hat and thought, 'you fool, that it coulda been love. I knew my old Ford couldn't run her down She probably didn't like me anyhow So I watched her disappear in a cloud of dust I told her way up yonder past the caution light There's a little country store with an old Coke sign You gotta stop in and ask Miss Bell for some of her sweet tea Then a left will take you to the interstate But a right will bring you right back here to me Is this Georgia heat playin' tricks on me Or am I really seein' what I think I see? The woman of my dreams comin' back to me She went way up yonder past the caution light Don't know why, but somethin' felt right When she stopped in and asked Miss Bell for some of her sweet tea Mama gave her a big 'ol glass and sent her right back here to me Thank God for good directions... and turnip greens

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