Buy for me the rain, my darling, buy for me the rain;
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Buy for me the crystal pools that fall upon the plain.
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And I'll buy for you a rainbow and a million pots of gold.
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Buy it for me now, babe, before I am too old.
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Buy for me the sun, my darling, buy for me the sun;
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Buy for me the light that falls when day has just begun.
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And I'll buy for you a shadow to protect you from the day.
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Buy it for me now, babe, before I go away.
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Buy for me the robin, darling, buy for me the wing;
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Buy for me a sparrow, almost any flying thing.
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And I'll buy for you a tree, my love, where a robin's nest may grow.
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Buy it for me now, babe, the years all hurry so.
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I cannot buy you happiness, I cannot by you years;
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I cannot buy you happiness, in place of all the tears.
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But I can buy for you a gravestone, to lay behind your head.
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Gravestones cheer the living, dear, they're no use to the dead.
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Buy For Me the Rain
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| Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
