Sting - Heavy Cloud No Rain

[00:18.86] Turned on the weather man just after the news [00:22.35] I needed sweet rain to wash away my blues [00:27.88] He looked at the chart but he look in vain [00:32.32] Heavy cloud but no rain [00:36.62] Back in time with Louis XVI [00:40.03] At the court of the people he was number one [00:44.78] He'd be the bluest blood they'd ever seen [00:49.03] When the king said hi to the guillotine [00:54.40] The royal astrologer was run out of breath [00:57.72] He thought that maybe the rain would postpone his death [01:02.53] He look in sky but he look in vain [01:07.78] Heavy cloud but no rain [01:11.67] Well the land was cracking and the river was dry [01:15.55] All the crops were dying when they ought to be high [01:20.09] So to save his farm from the banker's draft [01:24.33] The farmer took out a book on some old witchcraft [01:28.77] He made a spell and a potion on a midsummer's night [01:33.16] He killed a brindled calf in the pale moonlight [01:37.55] He prayed to the sky but he prayed in vain [01:43.13] Heavy cloud but no rain [01:46.49] [02:19.05] Heavy cloud but no rain [02:22.54] The sun won't shine till the clouds are gone [02:27.10] The clouds won't go till their work is done [02:31.86] Every morning you'll hear me pray [02:36.47] If only it would rain today [02:40.91] I asked my baby if there'd be some way [02:44.08] She said she'd save her love for a rainy day [02:49.45] I look in the sky but I look in vain [02:54.31] Heavy cloud but no rain [02:57.83]