This one has "machine-gun" lyrics in the verses. It will come in right at 3:30. Can't help myself; about once a year I just have to write one of these....

TORNADO! © 2004 dawg, BMI

I was playing tag with my friends
when Momma yelled to come on in
The sky was turning dark and it held the threat of rain
My friends turned and ran along
scurryin' to reach their homes
'fore the wind whipped water could hit the window panes.

Lightning flashed off to the west
and mama said she thought it best
to go down to the cellar beneath the kitchen floor.
Thunder made a booming sound
then dead silence all around
Pop got the critters in and bolted the barn door.

(Chorus)
I don't mind the rain and I don't mind the thunder.
Lightning is ok with me and I'm fine with the snow.
Hurricanes can be a pain and floods can wash the crops away.
I'll take the drought without a doubt, just keep the tornado.
Just keep the tornado.

Hail like Hell's own brimstone
beat the roof above our home
but that was just the warmup act, not the main event.
A funnel cloud marched 'cross the field
spun the silo like a carraige wheel
bowed my head; but no time to repent.

Sucked all the water out the creek
to wash down a herd of yearling beef
can't erase the sight of cattle in the sky.
Ripped up big trees across the spread
its ravenous hunger can't be fed
and the roaring sound of Satan's battle cry.

(Chorus)
I don't mind the rain and I don't mind the thunder.
Lightning is ok with me and I'm fine with the snow.
Hurricanes can be a pain and floods can wash the crops away.
I'll take the drought without a doubt, just keep the tornado.
Just keep the tornado.

Men of science read the signs
of inversion layers and thermoclines
in order to predict the coming of these storms.
Our preacher says the sins of man
puts the weather in Satan's hands
and tornado's the embodiment of his evil form.

(Chorus)
I don't mind the rain and I don't mind the thunder.
Lightning is ok with me and I'm fine with the snow.
Hurricanes can be a pain and floods can wash the crops away.
I'll take the drought without a doubt, just keep the tornado.
Just keep the tornado.

Wisdom does not always accompany age. Sometimes
age just shows up alone.