This Hard Land (Tracks Version)

[Verse 1]

Well, hey there, mister

Can you tell me what happened to the seeds I've sown?

Can you give me a reason, sir

As to why they've never grown?

They've just blown around from town to town

Back out on to these fields

Where they fall from, from my hand

Back into the dirt of this hard land (Come on)

[Verse 2]

Now me and my sister

From Germantown, yeah, we did ride

And we made our bed, sir

From the rock on the mountainside

We've been blowin' around from town to town

Lookin' for a place to land

Where the sun could break through the clouds and fall like a circle

A circle of fire down on this hard land

[Verse 3]

Well now, even the rain it don't come 'round

Don't come 'round here no more

And the only sound of the night's the wind

Slammin' that back-porch door

Yeah, it stirs you up like it wants to just blow you down

Twistin' and churnin' up the sand

Leavin' all them scarecrows lyin' face down

Into the dirt of this hard land

[Harmonica Solo]

[Verse 4]

Well, from a building up on the hill

I hear a tape deck blastin' "Home on the Range"

And I can hear them Bar-M choppers

Sweepin' low across the plains

And it's me and you, Frank, we're lookin' for lost cattle

Our hooves twistin' and churnin' up the sand

Yeah, we're ridin' in the whirlwind, searchin' for a treasure

Way down south of the Rio Grande

We're ridin' 'cross that river in the moonlight

Yeah, up onto the banks of this hard land

[Verse 5]

Well hey Frank, won't you pack your bags

And meet me tonight down at Liberty Hall?

Oh, just one kiss from you, my brother

And we'll ride until we fall

We'll sleep out in the fields, we'll sleep by the rivers

And in the morning we'll make a plan

Well, if you can't make it stay hard, stay hungry, stay alive, if you can

And meet me in a dream of this hard land (Oh)

[Harmonica Solo]