King Harvest (Has Surely Come)

Album: The Band (1969)
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  • Corn in the fields
    Listen to the rice when the wind blows 'cross the water
    King Harvest has surely come

    I work for the union 'cause she's so good to me
    And I'm bound to come out on top
    That's where she said I should be
    I will hear every word the boss may say
    For he's the one who hands me down my pay
    Looks like this time I'm gonna get to stay
    I'm a union man, now, all the way

    The smell of the leaves
    From the magnolia trees in the meadow
    King Harvest has surely come

    Dry summer, then comes fall
    Which I depend on most of all
    Hey, rainmaker, can't you hear the call?
    Please let these crops grow tall

    Long enough I've been up on Skid Row
    And it's plain to see, I've nothing to show
    I'm glad to pay those union dues
    Just don't judge me by my shoes

    Scarecrow and a yellow moon
    And pretty soon a carnival on the edge of town
    King Harvest has surely come

    Last year, this time, wasn't no joke
    My whole barn went up in smoke
    Our horse Jethro, well he went mad
    And I can't remember things bein' that bad

    Then there comes a man with a paper and a pen
    Tellin' us our hard times are about to end
    And then, if they don't give us what we like
    He said, "men, that's when you gotta go on strike"

    Corn in the fields
    Listen to the rice when the wind blows 'cross the water
    King Harvest has surely come Writer/s: Robbie Robertson
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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