This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
The black rain is falling
Contaminating the ground
The human race is dying
The dead are scattered around
What is the price of a bullet
Another hole in the head
A flag draped over a coffin
Another soldier is dead
How many victims have fallen
How many more have to die
People dying in masses
Ain't gonna get any by
We've got our marching orders
Defenders of the homeland
Our pride
We've crossed through many borders
In between suicides
War, killing sons and daughters
Another failed attack, there is no turning back
Blood, running down like water
'Cause people gotta wait
Until the judgment comes
Politicians confuse me
I watch the body count rise
Why are the children all marching, Into the desert to die
The human psyche is twisted
The madness rising again
Another aim by a bully
I watch them dying in vain
We've got our marching orders
Defenders of the homeland; our pride
We've crossed through many borders
In between suicides
War, sends our sons to slaughter
Another failed attack, there is no turning back
Blood, running down like water
'Cause people gotta wait
Until the judgment comes
Are you ready?
Black rain, black rain
Black rain, black rain
War, killing sons and daughters
Another failed attack, there is no turning back
Blood, running down like water
'Cause people gotta wait
Until the judgment
You think you got away
Until the judgment comes
Contaminating the ground
The human race is dying
The dead are scattered around
What is the price of a bullet
Another hole in the head
A flag draped over a coffin
Another soldier is dead
How many victims have fallen
How many more have to die
People dying in masses
Ain't gonna get any by
We've got our marching orders
Defenders of the homeland
Our pride
We've crossed through many borders
In between suicides
War, killing sons and daughters
Another failed attack, there is no turning back
Blood, running down like water
'Cause people gotta wait
Until the judgment comes
Politicians confuse me
I watch the body count rise
Why are the children all marching, Into the desert to die
The human psyche is twisted
The madness rising again
Another aim by a bully
I watch them dying in vain
We've got our marching orders
Defenders of the homeland; our pride
We've crossed through many borders
In between suicides
War, sends our sons to slaughter
Another failed attack, there is no turning back
Blood, running down like water
'Cause people gotta wait
Until the judgment comes
Are you ready?
Black rain, black rain
Black rain, black rain
War, killing sons and daughters
Another failed attack, there is no turning back
Blood, running down like water
'Cause people gotta wait
Until the judgment
You think you got away
Until the judgment comes
Lyrics submitted by sens_freak_18
Black Rain Lyrics as written by Kevin Churko John Osbourne
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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yeah all the comments about sum up what this song is about, especially to my family. can't wait for the b.s. to be over