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 away

[Chorus]

Hard by design

Hard times

Are just a drop of rain

So let the rain come on

Behind, behind runs the sun

I put my hands 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'

[Chorus]

Hard by design

Hard times

Are just a drop of rain

Let the rain come on

Behind, behind runs the sun

The littlest light

Is the break of day

The littlest lamp

Finds a way

All of our friends

Across the land

Alive in the light

And I called her then

[Chorus x2]

Hard by design

Hard times

Are just a drop of rain

So let the rain come on

Outside, outside comes the sun

Hard by design

Hard times

Are just a drop of rain

So let the rain come on

Outside, outside runs the sun