From the recording Anthrophony
An imagined relationship and murder ballad between Lorraine and Glen, the Colorado River and the Glen Canyon dam.
Lyrics
On a cold and rainy night
Lorraine and I settle down
She’s now the only sound around
She gets to talking
With a heavy heart and mind
Bout a man named Glen who’s stifling her wind
Glen he’s new to town
Bout as big as he is mean
He won’t shut up about his power being clean
Lorraine ain’t buyin it
With all power comes a cost
Thinkin bout canyons and wild sprit lost
Glen may be a mean old man
But Lorraine don’t give a damn
She’ll find herself again
Any old way she can
It rains it pours
My heart it starts to bleed
As Lorraine she pours
Her poor heart out on me
Fifty years gone by
Lorraine’s had it up to here
The time for Glen’s goodbye is near
Not much for guns and knives
Plenty other tricks up her sleeve
Time to reclaim her right to leave
Glen may be a mean old man
But Lorraine don’t give a damn
She’ll find herself again
Any old way she can
It rains it pours
My heart it starts to bleed
As Lorraine she pours
Her poor heart out on me
Lorraine calls a torrent down
From plateaus and mountains all around
Mean old Glen he never heard a sound
Now mean old Glen has drowned
Lorraine she’s free again
It was only a matter of time
Til she left old Glen behind
Glen was a mean old man
But Lorraine didn’t give a damn
She found her way back home
Like only a river can
It rains it pours
My heart it starts to bleed
Lorraine she pours
Her poor heart out for everyone to see