Song Description

a farmers struggle with drought and the relationshsip between him and his land

Lyrics

The long hot days

The long hot days make you thirsty
but there's backbreaking work to be done
and I'll continue my toil
and pray for the rain to come

I can hear the soil screaming for water
but the clouds build up and then drift away
I'm not sure what keeps me going
maybe the hope that some luck might come my way

Well my land gets drier by the hour
as the red dust it stings my eyes
and the crows circle overhead waiting
but I was born here and I'll stay here till I die

City people say we're crazy
trying to make a living from this land
but it's something that only a farmer can understand

So I'll wander through these dying wheat fields
and look to the sky for a sign
'cause although she's a tyrant
I love this land of mine

Chorus

Second Chorus
And the wild dogs howl in the moonlight
as I stay awake to the cockies piercing cry
and my trees will be uprooted by the wind storm
but I was born here and I'll stay here till I die

The long hot days make you thirsty
but there's backbreaking work to be done
and I'll continue my toil
and pray for the rain to come