Handouts In The Rain Lyrics - Early 21st Century Blues - Cowboy Junkies

[Richie Havens cover] 

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 

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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 

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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