A Little Rain

Daddy, why did it have to rain today I wanted to go out and play Why don't the sun always shine Then everything would be always fine Son, your question really isn't that hard Come take a look in our back yard Do you see the tulips in a row Without the rain they wouldn't grow Now look at those vines, they climbed so high If it didn't rain, then they would die And the grass in the yard paints a pretty scene A little rain will keep it green Sometimes in life we stumble and fall We try to understand the meaning of it all We wonder where did the sunshine go God sends a little rain to help us grow I love you son and I want you to know My prayers for you as you grow That you experience it all, more pleasure than pain That you live in the sunshine and grow with the rain.