Lyrics
Verse 1
Sun comes up on the red dirt lineI got a dented pail and a pocket full of timeCotton rows waiting in the heatMud on my boots and a ache in my feet
Verse 2
Ma said, boy, take the long way slowDon’t lose your fire in the furrowed roadWe plant that seed and we pray it takesWork that hand and the back won’t break
Pre‑Chorus
Sweat roll down like summer rainStill I sing through the tired painIf the sky stays hard and the ground stays dryI’ll keep my hands in the earth till I
Chorus
Work all day, work all nightGrit in my hands, heart still rightFold my pain into the fieldFarm life hard, but I still yieldWork all day) (work all nightI keep my promise, I keep my fight
Verse 3
Old blue truck by the barn door fenceThistle in the wheel and a wrench in dentsChicken wire, feed sack, fence post pineEvery broke-down thing still gets fixed fine
Pre‑Chorus
Sweat roll down like summer rainStill I sing through the tired painIf the sky stays hard and the ground stays dryI’ll keep my hands in the earth till I
Chorus
Work all day, work all nightGrit in my hands, heart still rightFold my pain into the fieldFarm life hard, but I still yieldWork all day) (work all nightI keep my promise, I keep my fight
Bridge
When the moon hangs low over endless rowsI hear my daddy in the whippoorwill notesHe said, son, let your roots run deepWhat you plant today, you’ve got to keep
Final Chorus
Work all day, work all nightGrit in my hands, heart still rightFold my pain into the fieldFarm life hard, but I still yieldWork all day) (work all nightI keep my promise, I keep my fightKeep my promise) (keep my fight