Not Long For Here Lyrics

Rust on the tractor out dead in the field

Rust in the water we drink with our meal

Just another sign of the last fifty years

Another sign that we're not long for here

Sometimes I don't think we can slow down

Sometimes I don't think we can hold on

Sometimes it feels like we're all long gone

Sometimes we're just caught in a song

They put up a sign at the end of the drive

And I ain't seen one there since the day we arrived

I don't know what tomorrow might bring

But I know that we'll always have our song to sing

The cattle drive ended years ago

It was the last time that fall, but we just didn't know

We don't need to drive down those old roads

But we do when we're out close to home

Some years in October there's ice on the marsh

And we'd know the winter'd be harsh

Some years the sun beats down long and hot

But you get what you get and you take what you got

They put up a sign at the end of the drive

And I ain't seen one there since the day we arrived

I don't know what tomorrow might bring

But I know that we'll always have our song to sing

There's food on the table and tears in our eyes

Smiles on our faces and long held goodbyes

The dust on the road kicked up by our tires

Another sign that we're not long for here

Rust on the tractor out dead in the field

Rust in the water we drink with our meal

Just another sign of the last 50 years

Another sign that we're not long for here

Another sign that we're not long for here

They put up a sign at the end of the drive

And I ain't seen one there since I was alive

I don't know what tomorrow might bring

But I know that we'll always have our song

Always have our song to sing