Written by Peter Holsapple  Main Voice: PETER  Produced by Continental Drifters & Mike Mayeux  Released on 'Vermilion' (1999)    Daddy was the eldest of ten  And my mama was an only child  She must've represented back then  The part of him that couldn't go wild  She was free  Something he could never be  'Cause daddy was the one  Who always took responsibility.    They met at a USO dance hall  At the start of the Second World War  She was gentle, kind and intelligent  Something daddy'd never known before  And they danced  Later on came the romance  'Cause daddy shipped out  Before he had the chance to ask for her hand.    But it all turned out all right  And he would lay in his hammock at night  Dreaming of a family and home  With the woman that he left behind  At night, his shipmates would go check out the bars  But daddy'd just stare at the stars  And dream of her  'Til he thought he might lose his mind.    They got married on V.E. Day  By the preacher from my mama's church  Mama'd always dreamed of a honeymoon  But daddy had to go back to work  He plowed those fields  Since the Navy never tought him a trade  Mama'd make his lunch  And they'd eat it out in the shade.    The boys were born in the fifties  Georgie, Herman and me  And we grew up wanting for nothing  'Til Georgie saw his first TV  It was the Christmas of 1959  There was a console in the living room  Well, mama and the boys watched variety shows  And daddy just stared out at the moon.    The drought hit hard in the sixties  And the irrigation couldn't control  Mama sighed when they sold the farm  But daddy lost a piece of his soul  He said "Hard work is a virtue  And you should always work as hard as you can"  He said "Hard work will never hurt you"  But he never said nothing about the land.    Yeah, but mama always told us boys  "You should follow the Golden Rule  Always look for the good in the other guy  But never be anyone's fool"  Then daddy'd laugh a little  Then he'd look out at his weather vane  Oh mama wants a rainbow  Daddy just wants it to rain.    They moved in with Herman's family  In the nice part of the city  Mama'd help Gina with the grandchildren  And tried to make the house look pretty  But daddy'd sit at his window  From when he got up 'til he went to bed  Just knowing that he'd failed his family  He couldn't get it out of his head.    It was the summer of 1978  When mama caught pneumonia and died  Daddy lost his will to live that fall  Now they're buried side by side  And in the midst of all our grief  Georgie said to our relief  "Well, mama got her rainbow  And it's starting to rain".    He said "Mama got her rainbow  And it's starting to rain".    And it's starting to rain  It's starting to rain  It's starting to rain  It's starting to rain  It's starting to rain.    It's starting to rain  It's starting to rain  It's starting to rain, to rain, rain  To rain.