Pray for Rain
from Love Is the Only Thing by Peter Mulvey, SistaStrings
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lyrics
When your weary tale is too cold to tell
And every stranger’s glance turns you away
When the mask you wear is a worn-out shell
And your guiding lights refuse to say
When the pages in your secret book
Are torn and stained
Oh my child, oh my child
Close your eyes and pray for rain
Now the better angels have fled the field
And the people sway to a devil’s song
Every bitter seed has come to fruit
And common mercy deserts the throng
The eyes and the hands of the city on the hill
Are hard as stone
Oh my friends, oh my friends
Close your eyes; you’re not alone
Who needs to know when the knowing is easy?
You can go, but going is gone
Who’s gonna hold you when you’re alone
And traveling on?
Every face you keep in your tender heart
They must make their way in the heedless wind
And although you’ve worked all of your life
There is nothing you can keep; you can only begin
But I’ll be just around the curve of the river and the road
Where they reach the sea
Oh my love, oh my love
Close your eyes and reach for me
And every stranger’s glance turns you away
When the mask you wear is a worn-out shell
And your guiding lights refuse to say
When the pages in your secret book
Are torn and stained
Oh my child, oh my child
Close your eyes and pray for rain
Now the better angels have fled the field
And the people sway to a devil’s song
Every bitter seed has come to fruit
And common mercy deserts the throng
The eyes and the hands of the city on the hill
Are hard as stone
Oh my friends, oh my friends
Close your eyes; you’re not alone
Who needs to know when the knowing is easy?
You can go, but going is gone
Who’s gonna hold you when you’re alone
And traveling on?
Every face you keep in your tender heart
They must make their way in the heedless wind
And although you’ve worked all of your life
There is nothing you can keep; you can only begin
But I’ll be just around the curve of the river and the road
Where they reach the sea
Oh my love, oh my love
Close your eyes and reach for me
credits
from Love Is the Only Thing,
released August 12, 2022
Producer: Peter Mulvey
Mixer: Steven Foxbury
Composer: Peter Vincent Mulvey
Lyricist: Peter Vincent Mulvey
Producer: Peter Mulvey
Mixer: Steven Foxbury
Composer: Peter Vincent Mulvey
Lyricist: Peter Vincent Mulvey
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Peter Mulvey Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Over the past 20 years, Peter Mulvey has pursued a restless, eclectic path as a writer and musician immersing himself in Tin Pan Alley jazz, modern acoustic, poetry, narrative, and Americana stylings. Relentlessly touring as a headliner his attitude is, “When you love what you do, you can work all the time.” ... more
shows
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Apr 28Milwaukee, WI
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May 2Columbus, OH
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May 3Dayton, OH
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May 4Pittsburgh, PA
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May 7Middletown, CT
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May 17Fall River, MA
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May 18Boston, MA
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May 19Portsmouth, NH
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May 29Washington, DC
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May 30Philadelphia, PA
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May 31Woodstock, NY
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Jun 1Northampton, MA
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Jun 6Annapolis, MD
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Jun 7New York (NYC), NY
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Jun 7Mio, MI
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Aug 2Bayfield, WI
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Aug 9Lyons, CO
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Aug 9Lyons, CO
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Oct 18Keene, NH
discography
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Feb 2019
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