There is No Easy Way

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You will head out to town while the sun starts to rise and load fewer feed sacks than the herd really needs. You will calculate months in your head with shut eyes while the hot tar smells strong in the dry overgrown weeds.

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You will stand by the fence where you stood in the past, with the clouds piling high while the rain's coming fast.

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When the summer heat bakes on the truck hood so red, you will count up the bags that you have to make stretch. There is no easy way to get further ahead when you owe for the hay that you went out to fetch.

Then your phone’s going to ring and you’ll answer the call, and the bank man will say that the credit is done. Your old neighbour will walk across grass by the wall while the glare off the windshield turns white in the sun.

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You will stand by the fence where you stood in the past, with the clouds piling high while the rain's coming fast.

When the summer heat bakes on the truck hood so red, you will count up the bags that you have to make stretch. There is no easy way to get further ahead when you owe for the hay that you went out to fetch.

He will ask if you’re selling the calves in the fall, and the wind in the trees is just moving the top. You will finally answer and tell him it all, how the feeding has got to come down to a stop.

When the summer heat bakes on the truck hood so red, you will count up the bags that you have to make stretch. There is no easy way to get further ahead when you owe for the hay that you went out to fetch. You will tell him today that the pasture is sold, and you won't hide the truth that was never yet told.

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