Today is not like any other day This one's gonna turn a darker shade of gray What will I have left? Tell me, tell me Somebody tell me now When this hot rain's gone away There is a safe place that I used to know It's the only place that I wanna go Where else could I turn? Till this hot rain's gone away Grandma, grandpa, mother, father, sister, brother, lord Please help the child, I heard the preacher say it's okay I see the airplane, I hear the engine on the boat But y'all can't see me waving the flag Somebody please wave the flag Grandma, grandpa, mother, father, sister, brother, lord Please help the child, I heard the preacher say it's okay I see the airplane, I hear the engine on the boat But y'all can't see me waving the flag Somebody please wave the flag What will I have left? Tell me, tell me now Somebody tell me now When this hot rain's gone away Today's not like any other day I know I'm wrong, I have to find another way People, we gotta find another way Can you tell me how? Tell me, tell me now Somebody tell me now When this hot rain's gone away I see them waving the flag Tell the chopper over here, man, we waving the flag I see them waving the flag Tell the boat over here, man, we waving the flag Man, I'm waving the flag Tell the chopper over here, man, we waving the flag Man, I'm waving the flag Tell the boat over here, man, we waving the flag Man, I'm waving the flag