Make It Rain Lyrics

Lyric discussion by SoulVehicle 

Cover art for Make It Rain lyrics by Tom Waits

Check out the references to book of Job (in the Bible)... "Born to trouble" Job 5:7 "Crushed in the gate" Job 5:4 "Make it Rain" Job 38:34 (NLT) The whole book of Job is a meditation on suffering... the very wealthy Job loses everything (except his wife and a few friends and servants) and is covered in boils. All because Satan convinces God to put Job to the test. But, unlike in the song, there's a happy ending.

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@SoulVehicle Not to mention Abel and Cain being another biblical reference.

@SoulVehicle And BTW, "sad guest on the dark earth" is a quote Burrows used from Goethe.