Lyrics

Rain Took The Rhubarb
Drew James © 2001

I thought the worst was over
Now the ache’s back in my heart
There’s no way to replay this game
We can’t go back to start

All the words that you can say
Have all been said before
They’re worn out like the dreams that lay
Scattered on our floor

Now the rain took the rhubarb Elmo
A storm washed away all the years
The rain took the rhubarb Elmo
Just as spring came smiling down
A tempest fell like tears
And all our hopes for harvest disappeared

A cold wind blew all winter
And chilled us to the bone
Our credit at the general store
Ran out months ago

All we had at Christmas time
Was salty pork and beans
On New Years we sang Auld Lang Syne
Then we mortgaged everything

Chorus

You said this time would be different
You said that things had changed
You promised me and I believed
It all wouldn’t be in vain

Then the rain took the rhubarb Elmo
A storm washed away all the years
The rain took the rhubarb Elmo
Just as spring came smiling down
A tempest fell like tears
And all our hopes for harvest disappeared