Rain Dancer Lyrics

I'd tell the kids, Mama's a rain dancer

She's from a tribe, a real storm-chancer

She said, I make the thunder roll, make the rain fall

I'd tell 'em, She's the one, the best of 'em all

I said mama's a rain dancer

But the truth hit hard, cut me deep

She wasn't bringin' rain, she was takin' it off

Workin' that bar every night 'til she'd drop

She told me stories of magic in the air

How she'd dance in the rain, like a prayer

But I saw her name on that neon sign

Dancin' for tips with her clothes all behind

I said mama's a rain dancer

But the truth hit hard, cut me deep

She wasn't bringin' rain, she was takin' it off

Workin' that bar every night 'til she'd drop

I turned twenty-one, walked through the door

Saw my mama on that stage, couldn't ignore

She was takin' it off for the drunk and the loud

While I stood there, frozen in the crowd

I didn't want to cause a scene, so I played along

Threw a ten on the stage as the music played on

I said mama's a rain dancer

But the truth hit hard, cut me deep

She wasn't bringin' rain, she was takin' it off

Workin' that bar every night 'til she'd drop

Now I know the truth, it ain't so bright

She wasn't dancin' for rain, just a dollar tonight

No sacred call, just a stage and a crowd

Shakin' it all, no magic allowed

I said mama's a rain dancer

But the truth hit hard, cut me deep

She wasn't bringin' rain, she was takin' it off

Workin' that bar every night 'til she'd drop

Yeah, mama wasn't rain, just a story I told

Dancin' for money, no spirit to hold