A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall

A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall - Staple Singers

Written by：Bob Dylan

Oh where have you been my blue-eyed son

And where have you been my darling young one

I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains

Twelve misty mountains

I've walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways

Six crooked highways

I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans

Dozen dead oceans

I've stepped in the middle of seven sad forests

Seven sad forests

I've been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard

Mouth of a graveyard

And it's a hard

And it's a hard

And it's a hard

And it's a hard

And it's a hard

And it's a hard

It's a hard

It's a hard rain's

A-gonna fall

A-gonna fall

Oh what did you see my blue-eyed son

And what did you see my darling young one

I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it

Wolves all around it

I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it

Nobody on it

I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin'

Blood that kept drippin'

I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin'

Hammers a-bleedin'

I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken

Tongues were all broken

I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children

Hands of young children

And it's a hard

And it's a hard

And it's a hard

And it's a hard

And it's a hard

It's a hard

And it's a hard

It's a hard rain's

A-gonna fall

A-gonna fall

And what did you hear my blue-eyed son

And what did you hear my darling young one

I heard the sound of a thunder that roared out a warnin'

Roared out a warnin'

I heard the roar of a wave you could drown the whole world

Drown the whole world

I heard one man starve I heard many people laughin'

Many people laughin'

I heard the song of a poet that died in the gutter

Died in the gutter

I heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley

Cried in the alley

I heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazin'

Hands were a-blazin'

I heard the sound of one person who said it was a human

Said it was a human

And it's a hard

And it's a hard

And it's a hard

And it's a hard

It's a hard

It's a hard

And it's a hard

It's a hard rain's

A-gonna fall

A-gonna fall

Oh what did you meet my blue-eyed son

Who did you meet my darling young one

I met a young child beside a dead pony

Beside a dead pony

I met a white man who walked a black dog

Walked a black dog

I met a young woman whose body was burning

Body was burning

I met a young girl she gave me a rainbow

Gave me a rainbow

I met one man who was wounded in love

Wounded in love

I met another man who was wounded in hatred

Wounded in hatred

I met ten thousand whispering and nobody listening

Nobody listening

And it's a hard

And it's a hard

And it's a hard

And it's a hard

And it's a hard

It's a hard

It's a hard

It's a hard rain's

A-gonna fall

A-gonna fall

And what'll you do now my blue-eyed son

And what'll you do my darling young one

I'm a-goin' back out 'fore the rain starts a-fallin'

Rain starts a-fallin'

I'll walk to the depths of the deepest dark forest

Deepest dark forest

Where the people are a many and their hands are all empty

Hands are all empty

Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters

Flooding their waters

Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison

Damp dirty prison

And the executioner's face is always well hidden

Always well hidden

Where black is the color where none is the number

None is the number

Where hunger is ugly and souls are forgotten

Souls are forgotten

And I'll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it

Speak it and breathe it

And reflect from the mountain so that all souls may see it

All souls may see it

And I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin'

Until I start sinkin'

But I'll know my song well before I start singing

Before I start singing

And it's a hard

And it's a hard

And it's a hard

And it's a hard

And it's a hard

It's a hard

And it's a hard

It's a hard rain's

A-gonna fall

A-gonna fall