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Written during a farm crisis in Ohio. When the farms were all bare for the winter it was hard to tell which ones would be coming back in the spring.

Musicians on this recording:

Beth DeSombre -- vocals, guitar; Jim Henry -- mandolin; Maura Kennedy -- vocals

Songwriter

Beth DeSombre

History

Lyrics

My daddy is a farmer in Ohio
Every day I ride with him, through the corn rows 
And we sing and talk and look up at the sky together 
Wond’ring ‘bout the future, like whether it will rain tomorrow
And what’s for dinner Sunday night

But now the corn is mowed down for winter
The sky is gray, the fields are bare 
The corn is mowed down for winter
And it won’t be back next year

My daddy’s gonna drive a truck in Ohio
But I can’t ride with him; he goes too far away
And he says we’ll still talk when he comes home on Friday evenings 
Thinking ‘bout the old times, like how the corn looked in the rain 
And when we sang on harvest day 

But now the corn is mowed down for winter
The sky is gray, the fields are bare 
The corn is mowed down for winter 
And it won’t be back next year

I want to be a farmer in Ohio
To ride the rows and watch the sky and share them with my dad 
But now dad and I talk and sometimes we sit home together 
Wond’ring ‘bout the future, like what I’ll have to give my children 
And what we’ll do without our farm

Because the corn is mowed down for winter
The sky is gray, the fields are bare 
The corn is mowed down for winter 
And it won’t be back next year 
Oh where will we be next year?

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