///*****/// [Intro] Thunder somewhere over the hill Someone tuning low [Verse 1] The bonfire is going sideways And the cooler's running dry And there is lightning in the distance Cutting up the August sky Jimmy's got the good guitar out And Maria knows the words And nobody has said it yet But everybody's heard That this is the last one That the summer's coming down That tomorrow we are scattering To a dozen different towns [Pre-Chorus] So do not check your watches And do not check the sky Let the thunder do the counting And let the hours go by [Chorus] Give me one more song before the rain One more chorus in the dark One more circle round the fire With your hand upon my arm Let the storm come down at midnight Let it wash the whole thing clean But give me one more song before the rain And I will let you go from me One more song before the rain [Verse 2] Danny's leaving Tuesday morning For a base out in the West And Maria's got a scholarship And a mother who insists And I have got a hundred dollars And a van that barely runs And a stupid dream I cannot name And nowhere it comes from And we all pretend it's simple And that we will keep in touch And we all know that we're lying And we love each other much [Pre-Chorus] So Jimmy hit the opening And do not let it fall This is the only church we had And these are the only walls [Chorus] Give me one more song before the rain One more chorus in the dark One more circle round the fire With your hand upon my arm Let the storm come down at midnight Let it wash the whole thing clean But give me one more song before the rain And I will let you go from me One more song before the rain [Verse 3] I have been back to that clearing Maybe six or seven times There is a housing block above it And a fence and warning signs But if you stand there in September When the evening turns to blue You can hear a bunch of teenagers Singing something out of tune And I have played to twenty thousand And I have played to empty rooms But the best show I was ever at Was six kids and the moon [Pre-Chorus] And the first fat drop came down Right on the final chord And we all just stood there laughing Like we could not ask for more [Bridge] Some things are not meant to keep Some things are meant to burn Some things are only beautiful Because they don't return And you know it while it's happening And still you cannot learn [Guitar Solo] [Final Chorus] So give me one more song before the rain One more chorus in the dark One more circle round the fire With your hand upon my arm Let the storm come down at midnight Let it wash the whole thing clean Just give me one more song before the rain And I will let you go from me One more song before the rain [Coda] Here is to Jimmy on the six-string Here is to Danny in the sand Here is to Maria in the city With a ring upon her hand Here is to one more song Before the summer was done [Outro] Thunder somewhere over the hill Someone tuning low And the fire going out And nobody wanting to go
