Harvester

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)