Before The Rains Came

Before the rains came, we prayedAll day long, afraidIf we’d done wrong, we playedChants and holy songs, we madeYour home where we belong, preparedSpecial food and water, we paidHandsomely at the altar, we stayedWith our sons and daughters, obeyedEvery law and order, we prayedTill the rains came