Hold On!

I counted seven full seconds

From the flash until the sound

And that's five seconds less than the last one

This baby is really covering ground

For now...up on this ridge

That sound is just a seven mile bridge

But it won't be long, I know

Until every window shakes with each pound

Grab your woman, grab your man

Grab as many kids as you can

And hold on!...cause the wind is gonna blow

I remember a Robbie Burns line

How a big thundercloud

Looks a lot like an angry man's

Gathering brow

So, Mr. Burns, could you explain?

Why these buckets of rain

Always seem to follow the fury?

For crying out loud!

Grab your woman, grab your man

Grab as many kids as you can

And hold on!...cause the wind is gonna blow

Somewhere back along the line

Someone must have lost a pine

All the smells of what has been

Are riding this first gust of wind

And oh, I know

Night sky is rolling with the sound

And oh, I know

It won't be long until it's shaking in the ground

An old guy up the road here

Told a great lie last fall

Of many years back

How one hell of a squall

Stretched out all the telephone lines

So far and so fine

That just phoning next door was a long distance call

Grab your woman, grab your man

Grab as many kids as you can

And hold on!...cause the wind is gonna blow