From Sun Up to Sundown

Verse

Alarm clock rings ‘fore the sky turns gray

Boots by the bed, start another day

Coffee strong in a chipped-up cup

Stretch my back, fire the engine up

Tractor lights cut through the dust

Steel and diesel, sweat and trust

Fields stretch wide past what I see

Whole lotta work, but it’s home to me

Pre-chorus

Rain or shine, don’t matter much

This land’s been livin’ in my blood

Chorus

From sun up to sundown

Yeah, we put that work in the ground

Hands in the dirt, roots run deep

Promises we always keep

Wind blows hard but we stand our ground

Ain’t no quit in this small farm town

Yeah, we sow that hope row by row

From sun up to sundown

Verse

Fence line saggin’, gotta fix that wire

Hay bale stackin’ through the heat and fire

Cattle lowin’ by the creek bed bend

Long day’s work, then we do it again

Neighbor waves from his pickup door

We don’t say much, don’t need words

Sky turns orange over that grain

Every ache worth every pain

Pre-chorus

Bank notes due and markets fall

Still we answer when the rooster calls

Chorus

From sun up to sundown

Yeah, we put that work in the ground

Hands in the dirt, roots run deep

Promises we always keep

Wind blows hard but we stand our ground

Ain’t no quit in this small farm town

Yeah, we sow that hope row by row

From sun up to sundown

Bridge

Granddaddy’s hands looked just like mine

Same hard lines, same tough spine

If my kids ask why I stay

I’ll point to these fields and say—

Chorus

From sun up to sundown

This land’s the only crown

We don’t need no city lights

Got stars enough at night

Through drought and flood, we still hold on

Plantin’ faith and carryin’ on

Yeah, this life’s the only one I know

From sun up to sundown