[Verse 1]
Rain on the cab roof, diesel in the lane
Forecast on the radio, changing once again
The field is going gold beneath a bruised-blue sky
You check the old combine, then you let the engine cry
[Pre-Chorus]
Forms on the kitchen table, figures in a row
Nobody can tell us what the autumn brings to grow
[Chorus]
So we keep the blades turning, row by row
With a hand on the wheel and a long way to go
They can redraw the rules from a room in Whitehall
But the grain still bends and the seasons still call
We keep the blades turning, whatever they say
Make a living from the land another day
[Verse 2]
A neighbour phones at supper, asking what you heard
New support, old promise, every polished word
The price of seed is climbing, the lorry’s running late
Still the trailers fill before the weather seals the gate
[Pre-Chorus]
There’s a crack across the windscreen, mud beneath your nails
Hope is not a business plan, but somehow hope prevails
[Chorus]
So we keep the blades turning, row by row
With a hand on the wheel and a long way to go
They can redraw the rules from a room in Whitehall
But the grain still bends and the seasons still call
We keep the blades turning, whatever they say
Make a living from the land another day
[Bridge]
For every uncertain letter, every budget left unread
There’s a loaf on someone’s table, there’s a roof above a bed
And the hills beyond the hedgerow hold the colour of the wheat
You don’t need a perfect answer to put food beneath your feet
[Final Chorus]
We keep the blades turning, row by row
With a hand on the wheel and a long way to go
Let them argue through the winter, let the headlines rise and fall
The grain still bends and the seasons still call
We keep the blades turning, whatever they say
Make a living from the land another day
[Outro]
Another day, another load
Down the narrow harvest road
Another day, whatever they say
We bring it home before the rain