Some say it's wrong, some say it's right

Some say it's politicians playing both sides

Some say it's greed, some say it's change

Some say it's all just the price we'll have to pay

And I feel a storm coming in

And I see the earth bending in the wind

It's gonna rain, yeah

Wash it all away, yeah

And it ain't gonna stop

No, it ain't gonna stop

For forty days

Some say it's fate, some say it's chance

Some say it's the blood of our fathers on our hands

Some say it's a lie, some say it's the truth

Some say it's all coming down on me and you

And I see a fire in the sky

And I hear the thunder out on the edge of night

It's gonna rain, yeah

Wash it all away, yeah

And it ain't gonna stop

No, it ain't gonna stop

For forty days

Some say the stars will fall down from heaven

Some say the angels will cry and ask us why

It's gonna rain

Yeah

It's gonna rain

Oh, it's gonna rain

It's gonna rain, rain, rain, rain, yeah

Wash it all away

(It's gonna rain) for forty days

(It's gonna rain) for forty days

(It's gonna rain) for forty days

(It's gonna rain) for forty days

(It's gonna rain)

(It's gonna rain)

(It's gonna rain)

(It's gonna rain) [etc.]