Makin' Hay Lyrics

Some call it a honest livin'

I call it the short straw

Third generation farmer

Who's workin' the ground raw

Well I learned it from my daddy

Who learned it from his pa

Who tamed the land

With an ox and plow

And never took a day off

Waitin' for the rain to go

So I can get back out

With the plow and tow

Round and round

Keep on smilin'

Makin' hay

While the sun is shinning

Got a little money in the mattress

Saved for a rainy day

Never thought that rainy day

Would wash the farm away

Last year was a bust

Year before that the same

One more and im certain

The bank'll take the farm away

I'm waitin' for the rain to go

So I can get back out

With the plow and tow

Round and round

Keep on smilin'

Makin' hay

While the sun is shinning

And I don't mean to complain

About too much of a good thing

So I'll stand out in the rain

Until I hear the birds sing

Oh

There's only one thing left to do now

Drop to my knees and pray

Lord above if you hear me

won't you bring me a sunny day

Cause If the rain don't stop fallin'

The sun can't dry the field

I could work for days on end

Without a crop to yeild

Waitin' for the rain to go

So I can get back out

With the plow and tow

Round and round

Keep on smiling

If it's raining I'll being crying

Dreaming of makin' hay

While the sun is shinning