The Beauty of the Rain

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The Beauty of the Rain
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Studio album by
Released2003 (2003)
Genre Folk
Length37:27
Label Razor & Tie
Producer Stewart Lerman, Rob Hyman
Dar Williams chronology
The Green World
(2000)
The Beauty of the Rain
(2003)
My Better Self
(2005)
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The Beauty of the Rain is the fifth studio album by Dar Williams.

Track listing

All songs written by Dar Williams, except where noted.

  1. "Mercy of the Fallen" – 4:11
  2. "Farewell to the Old Me" – 2:45
  3. "I Saw a Bird Fly Away" – 2:51
  4. "The Beauty of the Rain" – 3:00
  5. "The World's Not Falling Apart" – 4:24
  6. "The One Who Knows" – 3:47
  7. "Closer to Me" (Williams, Rob Hyman) – 3:42
  8. "Fishing in the Morning" – 2:38
  9. "Whispering Pines" (Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson) – 4:00
  10. "Your Fire Your Soul" – 3:04
  11. "I Have Lost My Dreams" – 3:05

Personnel

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