Malvina Rynoldsというアメリカの60年代から70年代にかけて活躍したシンガーソングライターの作った歌を聞く機会があった。
たとえば、『Rain Song』または『What Have They Done to the Rain？』
あまり日本で知られていないが、歌詞にずきんときた。
ネットで歌詞が公開されていた。
Just a little rain falling all around,
The grass lifts its head to the heavenly sound,
Just a little rain, just a little rain,
What have they done to the rain?
Just a little boy standing in the rain,
The gentle rain that falls for years.
And the grass is gone,
The boy disappears,
And rain keeps falling like helpless tears,
And what have they done to the rain?
Just a little breeze out of the sky,
The leaves pat their hands as the breeze blows by,
Just a little breeze with some smoke in its eye,
What have they done to the rain?
Just a little boy standing in the rain,
The gentle rain that falls for years.
And the grass is gone,
The boy disappears,
And rain keeps falling like helpless tears,
And what have they done to the rain?