[Intro – spoken, flat tone] 🎤 “Yep.” [piano pause] 🎤 “That’s my ranch.” [harmonica wheeze] [Verse 1] 🎤 Sun comes up, I mend the gate Cows don’t care if you’re runnin’ late Fence falls down, I lift it slow Where’d that board go? …Don’t know. 🎹 [short piano trot] [Verse 2] 🎤 Dust on boots, hay in tail Wind says storm, clouds say hail Water trough froze yesterday Kicked it once. Now it’s okay. [Chorus] 🎤 Hay, no, maybe That’s my way If it needs fixin’ I’ll fix it… someday Hay, no, maybe Don’t ask twice Life’s less trouble When you take plain advice [Verse 3] 🎤 Ducati stopped and lost a wheel Said his axle didn’t feel too real I gave him rope and half a plank He paid me back… In catnip drank. 🎹 [piano chuckles downward] [Verse 4] 🎤 Mayor came by in polished shoes Asked my thoughts for county news I said “Mm-hm.” He wrote it down. Now I guess… I run half the town. [Bridge] [harmonica solo] [piano keeps steady ranch rhythm] 🎤 Twins came dancing through the hay Scared the chickens half away Tarz said I should “share my grief” I said: “This drought’s been hard on leaf.” [pause] 🎤 He charged me anyway. [Chorus] 🎤 Hay, no, maybe That’s my style Talk too much and You’ll work awhile Hay, no, maybe Sun or snow If I got wisdom …I won’t let it show [Outro – spoken dryly] 🎤 “Yep.” [piano pause] 🎤 “That’s enough singin’.” [harmonica fade out]
