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Rainmaker

from Human Harvest by Jim Ballard

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Rainmaker

Scalding sun starin like the eye of god
on parched plains like spider webs burned in the sod
prayers unanswered evaporate just like the lakes
and the riverbeds dry like the skin of the snakes who have shed them for new life now lifeless they bake
in the sun
Rainmaker open the sky Dance like the ancestors of you and i Bring the rain maker Weather’s so dry
Whitewashed bones scattered in a street collage crowds dance distorted in the heat’s mirage sandstone into concrete concrete into sand soon will be deserts where cities now stand every face turned to heaven has heaven abandoned its sons?
Rainmaker open the sky Dance like the ancestors of you and i Bring the rain maker Weather’s so dry
Leafless trees fingers drilling deep into the earth like human souls thirsting to drink in rebirth branches reach to the sky try for all of their worth all in vain
Rainmaker open the sky Dance like the ancestors of you and i Bring the rain maker Weather’s so dry
Don’t let us die

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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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