Parade - Blues: Feel the Rain Fall Lyrics

2023 Broadway revival
Parade the Musical - Blues: Feel the Rain Fall Lyrics

CONLEY (& CHAIN GANG):
Hey yeah (Yeah)
Hey yeah (Hey yeah)
I hear a thunder rollin' (Yeah)
It's behind that wall (Yeah)
We're gonna roll like thunder
I'm gonna taste the mornin'
And feel the rain fall (Feel the rain fall)
Hey yeah (Yeah)
Hey yeah (Yeah)

I'm gonna rise like sunshine (Yeah)
If I see her turn (Yeah)
I'm gonna rise like sunshine,
I'm gonna set down on her,
And feel the sun burn (Feel the sun burn)
Hey yeah (Yeah)
Hey yeah (Yeah)

GUARD: (spoken)
Hey Jim! Got you a visitor, Boy.

SLATON: (spoken)
Hello, Jim.

CONLEY: (spoken)
You who I think you are?

SLATON: (spoken)
Coupla questions for you.

CONLEY: (spoken)
You want some water?
Bring the Guv'nor some water.

SLATON: (spoken)
No, thank you.

CONLEY: (spoken)
We fixin' to talk 'bout that mess with Mr. Frank.

SLATON: (spoken)
Yes.

CHAIN GANG:
Yeah

SLATON: (spoken)
When they found the body in the basement,
Coroner's Report says there was
sawdust in the mouth and lungs.

CONLEY:
Hey yeah

CHAIN GANG:
Yeah

SLATON:
Got any idea what that means?

CONLEY:
Yeah yeah yeah yeah

CHAIN GANG:
Yeah

SLATON:
Means she had to be breathin' in the basement,
because there isn't any sawdust on the second floor.
Means she was alive
When you carried her into the basement.

CONLEY:
Then she musta come back to life,
Because she was dead as last Christmas Eve
when Mr. Frank showed me the body.

We're gonna roll like thunder

SLATON: (spoken)
Coroner's Report raises some questions
about your story, wouldn't you say?

CONLEY: (spoken)
That so?
You can try and prove that in court,
I imagine.

(sing)
You ever been on the chain gang,
Gov'nor?

SLATON:
Not yet.

CONLEY:
You ever break these rocks on the chain gang?
Get yourself thinkin' Guv'nor -
Who you wanna have a good time!
Hey yeah

CHAIN GANG:
Yeah

CONLEY:
Now Mr. Frank he had a good time!
Man knows how to have a good time!

CONLEY (& CHAIN GANG):
Hey yeah! (Hey yeah!)
Hey yeah! (Yeah!)
I get a high fever! (Yeah)
When I hear her call! (Yeah)
She gonna cool my fever - (Yeah)
I gonna take that woman! (Yeah)
We're gonna ride like lightnin'
We're gonna roll, roll, roll like thunder
And feel the rain fall (Feel the rain fall)
Hey yeah (Yeah)
Hey yeah (Yeah)
Hey yeah (Yeah)
Hey yeah (Yeah)

Parade the Musical Lyrics

SYNOPSIS
The Old Red Hills of Home
The Dream of Atlanta
How Can I Call This Home?
The Picture Show
Leo At Work/ What Am I Waiting For?
I Am Trying to Remember...
There is a Fountain/ It Don't Make Sense
Real Big News
You Don't Know This Man
The Trial: Hammer of Justice
Twenty Miles From Marietta
Factory Girls/ Come Up to My Office
My Child Will Forgive Me
That's What He Said
It's Hard to Speak My Heart
Closing Statements and Verdict
Rumblin' and a Rollin
Do It Alone
Pretty Music
This Is Not Over Yet
Blues: Feel the Rain Fall
Where Will You Stand When the Flood Comes?
All the Wasted Time
Sh'ma
Finale