harvester Lyrics

It's dead quiet where we live

We break our backs and have nothing to show for it

For forty days I roam around this desert

Seven weeks, no chance for change in weather

Plagued by indecision, for we are at a loss

The harvester is coming

Nothing we have can pay the cost

Stay ahead, don't get behind

There's no use if you can't keep time

Oh, stay ahead, don't break, don't break down

The owl sits

Perched up in a juniper

Patiently she waits for her love to return

He's flying home, he's sure that he will make it

Hunters hide in shadow

Listening for a noise

The path ahead is narrow

He hasn't got a choice

Stay ahead, don't get behind

There's no use if you can't keep time

Oh, stay ahead, don't break, don't break down

Make your money, don't sell out short

Read the records and the reports

Oh, make sure you fend for yourself

All the books that I could read

Can't keep danger away from me

I'll keep my head up and weather the storm

Oh, I'll keep my head up and weather the storm

(He sat with me last winter, now I sit alone)