Lyrics to
Rainmaker

This version of Rainmaker was released by Traffic in 1971.

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Rainmaker, rainmaker
The sky is gray just by the touch of your hand
Rainmaker, rainmaker
Make me some rain, make all my crops grow tall

Rainmaker, rainmaker
The sky is gray, the ground is so hard
It’s been cracked by the sun
Rainmaker, you know my work’s never done

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About Lyrics and Rainmaker by Traffic

The lyrics for Rainmaker are defined as the words making up the song released by Traffic in 1971. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Rainmaker have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Traffic and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Rainmaker by Traffic if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Rainmaker" means the words set to the music of Rainmaker, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Traffic. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Rainmaker and the lyrics to Rainmaker are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Traffic who came here looking just for the lyrics to Rainmaker, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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