Pickin’ wasn’t easy Kept you brown and thin Been a child for every season that the fruit was on the limb Pack the truck Maria, tell the kids we’re off again Cross a dozen states or more, we’ll teach em’ what we can. Teach ‘em what we can, we can’t do more The land is good but still the livin’s poor Harvest in September, drought in mid-July January’s peekin’ through a white lace gypsy sky March rolls in to April, then plant and pray for rain Sweat like hell in August, run the circle once again Run the circle once again and then once more The land is good but still the livin’s poor
Oregon in August, Michigan in May Tryin’ to make enough to keep my family on its way And you buy the pickin’ boss a drink, to keep workin’ every day You know it isn’t honest, but you do it anyway Do it any way to keep alive Do it anyway to keep alive
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