[Intro: Slow drum, acoustic guitar fingerpick, pedal steel enters crying] Yeah... this one for the farmers... wait on the harvest... [Verse 1: The Boy They Counted Out] I was a little boy in a little town, they counted me out young Said I'd never walk right, never work the fields, never be like anyone But Mama prayed and Daddy taught me how to hold that plow God took those broken labels and He made a farmer somehow From a kid they said was handicapped to a man who served that flag Came home with dirty boots and a Bible in my bag [Chorus: Psalm 27:14 - Country lift] So we wait on the Lord, be of good courage (wait on Him) He shall strengthen thine heart, wait I say on the Lord When the drought hits the corn and the bills pile up high When the clouds won't break and the ground is cracked dry These troubles only for a season, but His promise never fails We wait on the good harvest to come [Verse 2: Family, Son in Heaven, Daughter with Jesus] Raised up beautiful sons in this old farmhouse, wood and prayer One the Lord called early, but I'm thankful for the years we shared Every baseball game, every hay bale toss, I hold 'em in my heart And a little girl we never got to hold here, but she's safe in Heaven's arms She's got a place by the Heavenly Father, where the wheat don't ever die My wife cries some nights, I hold her, and we look up to that sky God was beside us in the hospital, beside us in the fields Through the funerals and the birthdays, His love never failed [Chorus: Bigger, with harmonies] So we wait on the Lord, be of good courage (oh we wait) He shall strengthen thine heart, wait I say on the Lord In the midst of our sorrows, He was beside us In the middle of the storm, His hand would guide us These troubles only for a season, this hard year won't last always We're waitin' on the good harvest to come [Bridge: Breakdown - steel + vocal only] [Music drops, crickets, pedal steel] From a boy they said would never walk... to a man who walks these rows... From a child they called broken... to a father who knows... You plant in tears, you reap in joy... that's what the Good Book says... [Verse 3: The Farmer's Faith] Now I watch the sunrise over golden wheat, path still windin' through My old dog by my side, and I feel my kids here too What the world meant to bury, God used to grow me tall And every scar on this farm is a story of His call So we bow our heads at the kitchen table, kids grown and gone Thank Him for the seasons, for the right and the wrong 'Cause trouble's just a season, but love is the land And I trust the Farmer's hands [Final Chorus: Full band, fiddle lift] Wait on the Lord, be of good courage! He shall strengthen thine heart, wait I say on the Lord! In the midst of our troubles, He was beside us He continues to guide us, His love will provide us These troubles only for a season, but Heaven's wheat never bends We're waitin' on the good harvest to come! We're waitin'... we're prayin'... on the good harvest to come! [Outro: Acoustic, whisper] Wait on the Lord... be of good courage... Psalm 27 and 14... wait... on the Lord.
