Harvest Time

Album: Tailgates and Tanlines (2011)
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  • There's peanut dust and corn husk drifting through the air tonight
    The marching band's warming up under the football lights
    There's tractor trailers backed up down by the elevators
    Train track grain car'll roll in later
    Get filled up and head on out in the world

    It's harvest time in this little town
    Time to bring it on in
    Pay the loans down
    Fill our diesel tank up
    And make another round
    There's a big red moon coming up in the sky
    Combine's cutting in a staggered line
    The only time of year
    We missed the church bell's chime
    It's harvest time

    There's a thermos and a water jug
    Rolling around in the cab
    A set of socket wretches
    Wrapped up in a greasy red rag
    Bobby's mother pulls in the field
    Bringing us supper
    We grab a bite and make sure to hug her
    Saddle back up and let the big wheels roll

    It's harvest time in this little town
    Time to bring it on in
    Pay the loans down
    Fill the diesel tank up
    And make another round
    There's a big red moon coming up in the sky
    Combine's cutting in a staggered line
    The only time of year
    We missed the church bell's chime
    It's harvest time

    At a quarter to two I kick off my boots
    In the laundry room,
    We'll start it all over tomorrow at noon
    'Til its all done until we're all done

    It's harvest time in this little town
    Time to bring it on in
    Pay the loans down
    Fill the diesel tank up
    And make another round
    There's a big red moon coming up in the sky
    Combine's cutting in a staggered line
    The only time of year
    We missed the church bell's chime
    It's harvest time
    It's harvest time Writer/s: LUKE BRYAN, RODNEY CLAWSON
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Brent Opell from Southern Illinois I'm a farmer and I love Harvest Time it really hits close to home. I love it.
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