Cloud seeder overhead The earth is cracked The crops are dead A jet-plane shrieks across the sky The air is fallow The seed will die Cloud seeder works in vain To catch the vapour To make the rain We sing and dance For waters past And pray the clouds return at last Cloud seeder World feeder Where is mother When you need her Cloud seeder admits defeat There's naught to eat And naught to drink So we must leave the lives we knew To drive away the spotless blue Cloud seeder's abandoned post Swallowed by a river's ghost Read the books Perform the hymns Remember what it's like to swim Cloud seeder World feeder Where is mother When you need her Cloud seeder World feeder Where is mother When you need her Cloud seeder World feeder Where is mother When you need her It's the hottest summer on record It's the longest summer on record It's the hottest summer on record It's the longest summer on record It's the hottest summer on record It's the longest summer on record It's the hottest summer on record It's the longest summer on record It's the hottest summer on record