[intro] No where else they’d rather be Than tilling earth and plantin seed [verse 1-tenor 1st lead voice] It’s been raining every day For the past two weeks Last night when I prayed I asked the Lord reprieve This morning I awoke the sky was set ablaze caught my breath before I spoke And I shouted GLORY DAYS! All the streams overrun Their Banks fit to burst The fields all but done This flooding is the worst Most crops already rotted Dried Corn is all wet Checks to be paid undotted And the bank won't forget [pre-chorus- 2nd lead deep male voice] there’s a resilience to a farmer sees life as just another test Through this, through that, any other From This challenge or the next [chorus] Next Storm Next drought Next plague Rolled out Next freeze Next rain Next recession Ain't nothin but the same [verse 2] We Won’t have enough To be plantin next year I'm Sure it’ll be tough But one things clear When the fields dry out Tomorrow’s just another day We could all kick and shout But the only thing I can say The suns gonna come up There’s still a job to do The Tractors wheels will rut But we will see this through My hands are still strong coffee's strong and black farmers days are long And I’ve got a strong back [chorus] Strong hands Strong heart Strong legs Where it all starts Strong mind Strong wills Strong God He's with us still [lead out verse] It takes a special breed To be a farmer every day From the lives that they lead To the prayers they pray Never count them out Never think their down Their countenance is stout Feet firmly on the ground [outro] Cause if they don’t who will? They are the stewards of this Earth With a purpose given to them from God inherited from birth
