Jimmy Cliff - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall Lyrics
Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son?
And where have you been my darling young one?
I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
I've walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways
I've stepped in the middle of seven sad forests
I've been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.
Oh, what did you see, my blue eyed son?
And what did you see, my darling young one?
I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it
I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it
I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin'
I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin'
I saw ten thousand takers whose tongues were all broken
I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.
And what did you hear, my blue-eyed son?
And what did you hear, my darling young one?
I heard the sound of a thunder, it roared out a warnin'
I heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world
I heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazin'
I heard ten thousand whisperin' and nobody listenin'
I heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin'
Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter
Heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard
And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.
Oh, who did you meet my blue-eyed son?
Who did you meet, my darling young one?
I met a young child beside a dead pony
I met a white man who walked a black dog
I met a young woman whose body was burning
I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow
I met one man who was wounded in love
I met another man who was wounded and hatred
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard
And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.
And what'll you do now, my blue-eyed son?
And what'll you do now my darling young one?
I'm a-goin' back out 'fore the rain starts a-fallin'
I'll walk to the deepths of the deepest black forest
Where the people are a many and their hands are all empty
Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters
Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison
Where the executioner's face is always well hidden
Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten
Where black is the color, where none is the number
And I'll tell and think it and speak it and breathe it
And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it
Then I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin'
But I'll know my songs well before I start singin'
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.
Other Lyrics by Artist
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- Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come
- Jimmy Cliff - I Want I Do I Get
- Jimmy Cliff - People
- Jimmy Cliff - Love Comes
- Jimmy Cliff - Terror
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Jimmy Cliff A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall Comments
WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From a mad keen 76yo Aussie fan.
Love Bob Dylan but Jimmy you cook .Llove this cover by Jimmy Cliff.!!!
The song suits with reaggae well.
yes!!! I've see it too!!! And trust me....sooner than later "A HARD RAIN IS GONNA FALL" on all those who forsake the People!
Jimmy owns this song now.
I like Jimmy Cliff, but this is not right. Loses all meaning with the happy feel. Not a great cover.
In music genre, this is the equivalent of a "dark comedy."
Absurd. See the documentary recently out on a 1975 concert where Dylan himself sings it faster than this https://youtu.be/iUD5snx-XOo
Loved it, Jimmy
Jimmy Cliff did amazing with this cover. Love hearing this with a reggae twist
One of the GREATEST COVERS of this EVER!
muito boas
música.muito boas lindas maravilhosa
Mr Jimmy cliff
ey @lisa oi! do you have the full disc? i dont find it!!!! Kisses from Argentina
Did you find the album?
Oh yeah great cover jimmy!!!!