A Rain of Angels

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Lila McCann

Lila Elaine McCann (born December 4, 1981) is an American country music singer who made her debut at age sixteen with the single "Down Came a Blackbird." Reaching a peak of No. 28 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, the song was the first release from her 1997 album Lila, which became the highest-selling album for a debut country music act in all of 1997 and was certified platinum in the United States. more »

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1997

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He prays for the harvest 
To bring a record yield 
Five generations counting 
On his work out in these fields 
The only life he knows 
Is the soil that he tills 
And if the drought don't take it all 
He knows the banker will 

He's waiting for a rain of angels 
To turn these dusty acres 
Back to a fertle plain 
Reward him for his labor 
Put his life back in his hands 
He's waiting for a rain of angels 

Somewhere in the city 
In the hours before dawn 
She huddles in a doorway 
To dream her hunger gone 
Forgotten by the cold world 
Frightened by her own 
She sips a little whiskey 
To forget she is alone 

She's waiting for a rain of angels 
To lift her from the shadows 
To give her back her name 
Turn back all the pages 
Give her shelter from the storm 
She's waiting for a rain of angels 

And all the places where the battle lines are drawn 
When the bullets fly 
It doesn't matter what side you're standing on 
Give the farmer back his land 
Pull the helpless from the street 
Take the guns out of our hands 
And we will be within the angel's reach 

Call down through the ages 
Wash away the pain 
Only love will remain 
We're all waiting for 
Still waiting for a rain of angels 

Waiting for a rain of angels 
Waiting for a rain of angels 
Waiting for a rain of angels 

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