Don’t Let the Tears Songtext
von Howlin Rain

When the mystics play their trumpets ′
Round the back side of your house
And it rings just like a hound dog running through the door
And brass is shining in the sundown and the saxes ringin' out
For the lion-headed trombone′s fearsome roar

Don't let the tears flow down beneath your leaves
For the years come down just as easily
As the rain coming down on the hills all around
Can drown a summer breeze

With your saints and greasy demons playing cards inside your head
It's no wonder your weather vane jibbets off the door
That ain′t nothin′ but some heaven's thorn and drippin′ on your head
From the ceiling fan fixture to the moldy brown of the floor


Don't let the tears flow down beneath your leaves
For the years come down just as easily
As the rain coming down on the hills all around
Can drown a summer breeze

You′re a fixture of the kingdom, a gas lamp on the moon
A prophet from the second century
Yeah, and trekkin' whales fast as a sea-saw steel harpoon
And sailin′ pin the tail on Don Quixote

Don't let the tears flow down beneath your leaves
For the years come down just as easily
As the rain coming down on the hills all around
Can drown
Don't let the tears flow down beneath your leaves
For the years come down just as easily
As the rain coming down on the hills all around
Can drown a summer breeze