Charles 'Chuck' Beach - Tending to the Oat Fields Lyrics

Lights go down, stream goes up
Tune in now online
Ride that limousine down country road
Back to my home, to the daily grind
Jessie's jumpin' horses, and the boys are doin' fine
Outside the ground is awful sparse
Grab my backhoe and my favorite trowel
Tell Patti I'll be out until it's dark
Tending to the oat fields
John and Elvis look back from the mirror
The dressing room's in a U-Haul van
What makes a hero, what makes a father
Seeds of love flower into healthy plants
I've been strummin', monologuin', and hobknobbin'
To critical acclaim
My garden's callin', beggin', pleadin', hollerin'
To feel my love, to hear my sweet refrain
Tending to the oat fields
In my backyard
In my heart
In my mind
In my mind, the sky goes on forever
In my mind, the land will bless us bountifully
In my time, it's gone through many changes
The soil rearranges
Tides swept in by twilight moon
But soon, my crop will yield its max and
I'll lay upon my back then
Return to the loam
Tending to the oat fields
In my backyard
In my heart
In my mind
Tending to the oat fields
Tending to the oat fields
In my mind, the sky goes on forever
In my mind, the land will bless us bountifully
In my time, it's gone through many changes
The soil rearranges
Tides swept in by twilight moon
But soon, my crop will yield its max and
I'll lay upon my back then
Return to the loam
Tending to the oat fields
In my backyard
In my heart
In my mind