Will It Grow

I made a promise to not let go Our tug of war has only made me want you more Steeped in hard luck and doomed to roam My love is braver than you know My forefathers, they worked this land And I was schooled in the tyranny of nature's plans Dressed in thunder a cloud came around Oh, in the shape of a lion a hand came down Now, damn this valley and damn this cold Well, take so long to let me know It's plant and reap and plow and sow But tell me, will it grow? Dig my ditches in the golden sun I'd be robbing these trains if I could catch me one Now, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday's gone Got me stone cold sober in a drought so long Boarded mansions and ghost filled yards There's a boy in a water tower counting cars Steel trap open in empty stalls Now there's a well worn saddle but the horse is gone Now, damn this valley and damn this cold Take so long to let me know It's plant and reap and plow and sow But tell me, will it grow? (Will it grow?) Jet black starlit midnight rolls I am down in the garden where I let you go Up on the surface the earth looks round But it's a godless city of cold flat ground Now, damn this valley and damn this cold Take so long to let me know It's plant and reap and plow and sow But tell me, will it grow? Will it grow? Will it grow? Will it grow?