buy for me the rain

buy for me the rain

my darling

buy for me the rain;

buy for me the crystal pools that fall upon the plain. and i'll buy for you a rainbow and a million pots of gold. buy it for me now

babe

before i am too old. buy for me the sun

my darling

buy for me the sun;

buy for me the light that falls when day has just begun. and i'll buy for you a shadow to protect you from the day. buy it for me now

babe

before i go away. buy for me the robin

darling

buy for me the wing;

buy for me a sparrow

almost any flying thing. and i'll buy for you a tree

my love

where a robin's nest may grow. buy it for me now

babe

the years all hurry so. i cannot buy you happiness

i cannot by you years;

i cannot buy you happiness

in place of all the tears. but i can buy for you a gravestone

to lay behind your head. gravestones cheer the living

dear

they're no use to the dead.