Yes, I Have Seen The Rain

I listened to the Creedence Clearwater Revival song "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" on my drive to work this morning. It occured to me, upon hearing it for the one millionth time, that it was time to engage the song in a dialogue. Yes, this is the sort of hard hitting blog writing you've come to know here at Deep Thoughts With Blogagaard!

Someone told me long ago there's a calm before the storm
(Who was this gentleman poet? Captain Obvious?)
I know, it's been comin' for some time
(CCR as meteorologist?)
When it's over, so they say, it'll rain a sunny day
(Huh?)
I know, shinin' down like water
(In fact, many scientists believe that rain actually is water!)

I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain?
(Yes!)
I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain
(Hell yes!)
Comin' down on a sunny day?
(Sure! That's the Devil funneling into my soul!)

Yesterday and days before, sun is cold and rain is hard
(The sun was cold yesterday? Has it ever been cold?)
I know, been that way for all my time
(Ah, the long view.)
'Til forever, on it goes through the circle, fast and slow
(The Circle Of Life!)
I know, it can't stop, I wonder
(Wonder what? You trailed off there...)

I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain?
(Yes, sir! It comes from big-big sky!)
I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain
Comin' down on a sunny day?
(ARE YOU DEAF?)

Yeah, I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain?
(Goddamn it. I told you-)
I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain
Comin' down on a sunny day?
(OK, shut the hell up, CCR!)