L.A. Rain

from Human Harvest by Jim Ballard

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L. A. Rain

First time i saw ya you were wild and willin laughin eyes
still dancin in the smoke screen afternoon
In the streets of dreams there was no one sellin anything
but easy ways anything but ruin
And i couldn’ta changed you if i ever wanted to you were walking blind
in the L. A. Rain
In the storm of ages in the race of promises in the face
of all we saw we were doubting thomases
Til the wind swept over us and shook us to our knees and blew our
dreams away like smoke rings on the breeze
And the chimneys whispering to no ears listening are all flooded and deafened
by the L. A. Rain
Last time i saw ya you looked much older like you’d come
back from a war a returning soldier
So it came to me just like a prophesy and the weight
it took from me fell from my shoulders
And there in place of you a child i never knew who would never return to
to the L. A. Rain

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from Human Harvest, released June 1, 2012

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Jim Ballard Akron, Ohio

Jim Ballard
A native of NE Ohio, Jim Ballard has been, for many years a part of the recording/performing community. After touring and performing all over the country with artists from 10,000 Maniacs to Gordon Lightfoot,The Mekons to Pete Seeger, he moved into his studio, Skylyne. There, he has recorded and worked with artists from Michael Stanley to Don Dixon and Alex Bevan. ... more

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