But It Rained (Extended Version)

Persistant rains over

Meanwhile relatives of the four kidnapped tourists

Are back in the country to make another appeal

It has been a year now

Since the abduction

The uncertainty of not knowing what to believe

Said the wife of one of the hostages

She did not even get to say goodbye

Wrapped in a polythene

Tucked away safe in my mind

A little goodbye maybe

Or just a passing smile

The clouds are all beside me

To see me through all the good times

Maybe he'll come back again

Make up for the forsaken time

The birds fly away to the southern sky

Searching a home

A bunch of paper flowers

Or a little boy left all alone

Can somebody hear me?

I'm screaming from so far away

Morning, who will calm you now

The evening is eclipsed again

Well does life get any better?

More yesterdays than todays

How I thought the sun would shine tomorrow

But it rained

They justified the cause for which

Daddy might give up his life

It's been so long, so long a time

But still I miss daddy at night

The ache is long gone

But the never keeps staring along

The waters in the seas are high

And all the sand castles have drowned

Well does life get any better?

More yesterdays than todays

How I thought the sun would shine tomorrow

But it rained

This appeal has been made today on the fifth anniversary

And the families have still not lost hope

Any one with information regarding the whereabouts of the