[00:06.94]Rain eyes that blur the rays of sunshine
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[00:12.97]When everything is seen through tears
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[00:19.05]The whole world seems as though it's crying
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[00:25.17]Rain eyes  that's how my world appears
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[00:30.83]One sunny day in Lou'siana
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[00:37.16]The clouds began to hover low
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[00:43.25]And darkness came in early evening
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[00:49.24]And brought a rain that would not go
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[00:55.31]I's just a child when mother told me
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[01:01.40]It seems your father's gone away
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[01:07.36]It's not his fault  my child  forgive him
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[01:13.55]I should have known he would not stay
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[01:19.62]You're so much like him and he loves you
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[01:25.58]But now his love's for only you
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[01:31.56]Although he forced himself to leave you
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[01:37.55]Forgiving me he could not do
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[02:08.04]Rain eyes that cloud the hope of sunshine
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[02:14.04]When everything is seen through tears
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[02:19.98]The whole world seems as though it's crying
[02:24.19]
[02:25.96]Rain eyes  that's how my world appears
[02:30.06]
[02:31.90]It rains all evening into night time
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[02:37.84]Then rains all night and through the day
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[02:43.83]My mother's eyes are weak from crying
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[02:49.85]Forgive her  she just lost her way
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[02:55.78]Since you've been gone her eyes have clouded
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[03:01.73]And darkness reigns her weary view
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[03:07.63]She'd see again from your returning
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[03:13.61]That God knows she's in love with you
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[03:19.45]One rainy day in Louisiana
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[03:25.36]The trade winds blew the clouds away
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[03:31.41]A mother heard her boy shout  Father
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[03:37.40]My God  'tis him  he's come to stay