The Serpent Is Kind (Compared to Man)

I turn my face to the waterline
 I turn my face far away
 This I realize is not the way
 Where the dark lies, push it way
 Hard by design
 Hard times and just a drop of rain
 So let the rain come on
 Behind, behind runs the sun
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 I put my hand on the red dirt land
 I work the land where my father tread
 He said, "Don't be afraid when the snake is at hand
 The serpent is kind, compared to man"
 Hard by design
 Hard times, just a drop of rain
 So let the rain come on
 Behind, behind runs the sun
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 The littlest light is the break of day
 The littlelest lamp finds a way
 All of our friends across the land
 Alive in the light and I called her there
 Oh, hard by design
 Hard times, just a drop of rain
 So let the rain come on
 Outside, outside comes the sun
 Hard by design
 Hard times and just a drop of rain
 So let the rain come on
 Outside, outside runs the sun