[Verse 1] First light on the bins Dawn on Riverbend Springs Boots hit the gravel Steam in the seams Johnson and Son Grain Mill Starts up slow and low We take that wheat by the ton And make it white as snow [Pre-Chorus] Unloadin' boxcars One by one Knee-deep in work 'Til the shift is done Dust on my shirt Sun on my face This old mill keeps time In Riverbend Springs [Chorus] Johnson and Son Grind it down Make that flour For this whole town Load them trains Send 'em on their way Johnson and Son Keeps Riverbend paid (Johnson and Son) (Johnson and Son) [Verse 2] Sacks on the shoulder Forks in the stack We seal up the hopper And roll 'em right back Coupler to coupler Steel hums and sings We wave off the haulers From Riverbend Springs [Pre-Chorus] Unloadin' boxcars One by one Knee-deep in work 'Til the shift is done Dust on my shirt Sun on my face This old mill keeps time In Riverbend Springs [Chorus] Johnson and Son Grind it down Make that flour For this whole town Load them trains Send 'em on their way Johnson and Son Keeps Riverbend paid (Johnson and Son) (Johnson and Son) [Bridge] When the whistle cuts loose And the day runs thin I look at those tracks And I grin again 'Cause every bag we fill And every train we send Goes out with the heartbeat Of these bottomland hands [Final Chorus] Johnson and Son Grind it down Make that flour For this whole town Load them trains Send 'em on their way Johnson and Son Keeps Riverbend paid Johnson and Son That's how we stay (Johnson and Son) (Johnson and Son)
