Hard Country Lyrics

Hard Country lyrics

Early to sleep and early to rise

Wiping the sleep from my little one's eyes

Hit the long rows and cut 'em down to size

Take it to market and see what it buys



In the hard country

Making a living by the sweat of my brow

Hard country

Looking at the world from the back of a plow



An honest days work for an honest days pay

Honestly you know it ain't a living wage

Sweating in the sun and praying for rain

Supper and sleep and do it all again



In the hard country

Making a living by the sweat of my brow

Hard country

Looking at the world from the back of a plow



Brother took a job in the county seat

Thought he'd bought a ticket to easy street

Well he got laid off from the factory

Now he's back on the lower forty with me



In the hard country

Making a living by the sweat of my brow

Hard country

Looking at the world from the back of a plow



So grab your partner and do-se-do

Louisiana hayride's on the radio

Finally the harvest moon's aglow

Wouldn't trade mine for any life I know



In the hard country

Making a living by the sweat of my brow

Hard country

Looking at the world from the back of a plow