[ti:A Month Of Sundays] [ar:Don Henley] [al:Building The Perfect Beast] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Month Of Sundays - Don Henley [00:35.86]I used to work for harvester [00:39.42]I used to use my hands [00:43.22]I used to make the tractors [00:45.22]The combines that plowed [00:47.13]And harvested this great land [00:49.59]Now I see my handi work [00:52.28]On the block [00:54.27]Everywhere I turn [00:56.89]And I see the clouds [00:58.90]Cross the weathered faces [01:01.04]And I watch the harvest burn [01:08.91]I quit the plant in '57 [01:12.92]Had some time for farmin' then [01:16.40]Banks back then was lendin' money [01:20.34]Banker was the farmer's friend [01:23.01]I've seen dog days and dusty days [01:27.14]Late spring snow and early fall sleet [01:31.16]Held the leather reins in my hands [01:34.59]Felt the soft ground under my feet [01:37.79]Between the hot [01:38.85]Dry weather and the taxes [01:40.65]And the cold war it's been [01:42.34]Hard to make ends meet [01:45.30]But I always put the clothes [01:48.02]On out backs [01:49.73]Always put the shoes on our feet [01:57.23]The grandson he comes home from college [02:00.19]He says we get the government [02:02.38]We deserve [02:04.70]Son in law just shakes his head [02:07.23]And says that little punk [02:09.46]He never had to serve [02:11.38]And I sit here [02:13.23]In the shadow [02:14.21]Of suburbs [02:15.67]Look out across these empty fields [02:19.02]I sit here [02:20.74]In earshot of the bypass and all night [02:23.82]I listen to the rushin' of the wheels [02:45.76]The big boys they all got computers [02:50.00]Got incorporated too [02:53.78]Me I just know how to raise things [02:57.28]That was all I ever knew [03:00.58]Now it all comes down to numbers [03:04.74]Now I'm glad that I have quit [03:08.36]Folks these days just don't do nothin' [03:11.88]Simply for the love of it [03:19.08]Went into town of the fourth of July [03:22.81]Watched 'em parade past the union Jack [03:25.82]Watched 'em break out the brass and beat [03:28.47]On the drum [03:29.97]One step forward and two steps back [03:33.13]And I saw a sign on easy street [03:36.95]Said be prepared to stop [03:40.40]Pray for the independent little man [03:44.43]I don't see next year's crop [03:47.77]And I sit here [03:49.71]On the back porch in the twilight [03:51.66]And I hear the crickets hum [03:55.82]I sit and watch the lightning in the distance [03:58.71]But the showers never come [04:02.58]I sit here [04:04.72]Listen to the wind blow [04:06.23]I sit here [04:08.07]And rub my hands [04:09.96]I sit here [04:12.03]Listen to the clock strike [04:13.59]And I wonder when I'll see my [04:15.62]Companion again