I Hope It Rains At My Funeral Lyrics - Storyteller Poet Philosopher - Tom T. Hall

A man with forty acres plowed and planted 

Can't send no fourteen year old boy to no school 

The only thing I learned in the years I worked on my daddy's farm, was 

"Son, you better get them crops in when it turns cool" 

In the magazines, I saw the naked women 

I heard about the drinkin' and the bars 

If my daddy could've caught me, he'd a-killed me 

He said, "You might run, boy, but you ain't gonna get far" 

I hit town or you might say that it hit me 

Next mornin' there were things, I knew more about 

The woman who had taken me in said, "Country boy, you're all right" 

The same way, I turned her on, she turned me out 

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The first law I broke, right away they got me 

I helped them build the country roads for awhile 

They fed me, two times a day and knocked me down about four 

For thirty days I didn't even crack a smile 

I met a nice girl and she said I was her baby 

She let me go and would never tell me why 

I learned what it means, to be somebody's baby 

They let you lie in your bed by yourself and cry 

The miles were good but the mileage is turnin' my hair gray 

I've met some people that knew me and call me friend 

Ain't no sense in wantin' my life to live over 

I'd find different ways to make those mistakes again 

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So let me say this, I never tried to hurt anybody 

Though I guess there's a few, that I still couldn't look in the eye 

If I've got one wish, I hope it rains at my funeral 

For once, I'd like to be the only one dry