I Don't Mind the Rain

Henry kept a garden he would grow as much as anyone

He would spend the whole day on his tractor in the summer sun

And Betty she would call him even though she knew it was in vain

She'd yell off the back porch Henry it looks like it's trying to rain

Dark clouds in a summer sky can be a sight for a sore eye

Henry-d turn that wheel again and drive his Ford into the wind

And he'd say I don't mind the rain falling down across the garden bed

I don't mind the dark clouds rolling in from overhead

Well I know that sun is waiting for his chance to shine again

So for a little while I don't mind the rain

Henry built a cabin with oak logs and an old tin roof

Built it with his third son when they had some extra time to lose

They'd sit on the front porch after mowing yards or killing weeds

And they could hear the wind change and the thunder cracking through the trees

The leaves show their underside when they feel the water in the sky

Henry'd stand underneath the tin and greet the rain just like a friend

And say I don't mind the rain falling down across an old tin roof

I don't mind the time inside if you want to know the truth

Well I know that sun is waiting for his chance to shine again

So for a little while I don't mind the rain

It's been years since Henry died and was laid to rest by Betty's side

And when the rain comes down today it feeds the flowers round his grave

Now I keep a garden just to see what I can figure out

It's just a little garden it ain't nothing to write home about

I find myself wondering how it was that Henry grew so much

He must have had a green thumb or a mother nature Midas touch

Sometimes when the daily yield has turned me red as an apple peel

I see the dark clouds rolling in like a mountain floating in the wind

And I think I don't mind the rain falling down across my burning brow

I don't mind the rain we really need it anyhow

Well I know that sun is waiting for his chance to shine again

So for a little while I don't mind the rain

I don't mind the rain

I don't mind the rain