Promise from the Soil

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Morning finds the red gate open Boots by the kitchen door A tin cup rings against the basin Rooster calls once more You bring the feed in a canvas sack I hitch the old blue cart The frost still clings to the window glass But the day has found its start [Chorus] Out where the wheat bends low And the creek runs clear below We make a life from rain and rows With both hands in the soil Out where the barn swallows turn And the fence-post sunsets burn Every little seed we earn Is a promise from the soil [Verse 2] By noon the tractor coughs and settles Dust hangs over the lane You mend the hinge with copper wire I stack the crates again A calico cat guards the milk house The dog sleeps in the shade And thunder gathers past the silo Like a debt the clouds have made [Chorus] Out where the wheat bends low And the creek runs clear below We make a life from rain and rows With both hands in the soil Out where the barn swallows turn And the fence-post sunsets burn Every little seed we earn Is a promise from the soil [Bridge] When winter lays its hand across the field We count the jars and mend what time has peeled Then spring comes tapping softly at the pane And green returns like an old friend after rain [Final Chorus] Out where the wheat bends low And the creek runs clear below We make a life from rain and rows With both hands in the soil Out where the barn swallows turn And the fence-post sunsets burn Every little seed we earn Is a promise from the soil [Outro] Close the gate when evening falls Leave the porch light on Tomorrow brings another dawn And work to carry on