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Artist/Band: Richie Havens
Lyrics for Song: Handouts In The Rain
Lyrics for Album: Wishing Well [2005]



You can talk about your neighbor


You can grab him by the collar


You can hurt him only if he hollers


"Let me go, let me go"





But we all know that's old-fashioned


And it can only lead to pain


Where we might end up on the corner


Taking handouts in the rain





You can bomb your foreign brother


You can hurt him until he dies


You can kill him until he never asks you why


You're on his land, you're on his land





But we all know that's all over


And that can only lead to blame


Where we might end up for our country


Taking handouts in the rain





You can trample on your sister


You can hurt her only if she cries


You can hurt her only if she cares


With all her heart, with all her heart





But we all know she'd be a mother


And that could only lead to shame


Where she might end up for her children


Taking handouts in the rain





Teach your children stories


You can fill them full of lies


You can make them all despise


One another, one another





But when they all find out later


And they call us by our rightful names


And send us shamefully to old age


Taking handouts in the rain


Taking handouts in the rain


Taking handouts in the rain


Album Lyrics: Wishing Well [2005]


Richie Havens
"Wishing Well [2005]"


1. Handouts In The Rain
2. Stardust & Passion