Tell Me What I've Earned
Album: Still About A Boy & Girl
By: David Harper Music
By: David Harper Music
Duration
3:39
Description
This song is actually a farmer's prayer. Originally written for a documentary on the Kansas Dust Bowl (when farmers lost everything), it remains one of my all time favorites.
Lyrics
Tell Me What I've Earned ©2007 David Harper, Carol Harper, Mark Spoelstra My family's blood is in this soil Their bones are bringing up the crops we toil When Harvest moon shines in September Nothing happens unless we wake Crack of dawn we can't sleep late Look out there…morning just waits ... Diesel dust old tractors and rust Soon the earth will warm like the Coffee in my gut Wind’s picking up dust in the air Bow my head in prayer Take everything Lord And take it soon Take the mid-day sun Take the harvest moon Endless fields beckoning Islands of corn reckoning When the work is done And the lamplight burns Tell me what I've earned Tell me what I've earned In my bed at night, my one desire Is for peace to come as I retire My hands are dry, my body aches Is this is what it takes? Dirt in my fingernails Boots caked in mud Sweat crawling down my face Shirt smells of sludge This is something I love … And all I really ask as I scan the skies Is that the bellies of my children are satisfied And if this is what it takes Lord Bring it on Take everything Lord And take it soon Take the mid-day sun Take the harvest moon Endless fields beckoning Islands of corn reckoning When the work is done And the lamplight burns Tell me what I've earned Tell me what I've earned Session Info: Dave’s Cave 2007 -2008 David Harper vocals, drums, wurli, B3 Charlie Chamberlain, acoustic Guitar Clint Morrison electric guitar Ippei Suzuki bass
