I’m on another Tom Waits binge, and this song from Bone Machine touched a nerve tonight: A Little Rain.

Well, the ice man’s mule
is parked outside the bar
Where a man with missing fingers
plays a strange guitar
And the German dwarf
dances with the butcher’s son
And tonight a little rain never hurt no one

Well, they’re dancing on the roof
and the ceiling’s coming down
And I sleep with my shovel and my leather gloves
and a little trouble makes it worth the going
And a little rain never hurt no one

Oh, the world is round
and I’ll go around
You must risk something that matters
Oh, my hands are strong
I’ll take any man here
If it’s worth the going
it’s worth the ride

She was 15 years old
and she’d never seen the ocean
She climbed into a van
with a vagabond
And the last thing she said
was “I love you mom”
And a little rain never hurt no one
And a little rain never hurt no one