[Verse 1] First light on the rows Boots in the morning mud My hands know the work By the weight of the seed and dust I draw those long straight lines Across the brown asleep [Pre-Chorus] Then the rain comes down Soft on the thirsty ground And every little grain Starts waking underground [Chorus] Raise up the barley Raise up the wheat We live by the furrows And the sweat on our sleeves Raise up the barley Raise up the wheat Feed the whole table From the dirt to the feast [Verse 2] June burns on the backs Of the fence-post shadows I turn with the sun Watch the green get tall and gold The crows circle slow But I stay with the plan [Pre-Chorus] Then the wind rolls through Like a prayer in the fields And every stalk leans on The promise it can feel [Chorus] Raise up the barley Raise up the wheat We live by the furrows And the sweat on our sleeves Raise up the barley Raise up the wheat Feed the whole table From the dirt to the feast [Bridge] When the combines hum And the dust gets bright I think of the hands That worked this land before mine Same sun, same soil Same hungry sky Same hope in the seed Same reason why [Final Chorus] Raise up the barley Raise up the wheat We live by the furrows And the sweat on our sleeves Raise up the barley Raise up the wheat Feed the whole table From the dirt to the feast Raise up the barley Raise up the wheat (raise it up) Feed the whole table From the dirt to the feast
