Down on the Farm
Harvesting Life's Bounty: Down-to-Earth Wisdom in Boz Metzdorf's Song
Lyrics
Work like a dog
Working extremely hard
You've got to earn your keep
Earning what you deserve for your efforts
Keep thinkin' that it's gonna get easy
Believing that things will become easier
And it'll get you every time
But that belief will consistently deceive you
It's a twenty-dollar day
Earning a day's wage of $20
And you'll get paid when it rains
Payment is contingent on rain
Down on the farm
Referring to the challenging life on the farm
Up with the sun
Beginning work early in the morning
You've got your mornin' chores
Tasks to be done at the start of the day
Toilin' til the heat of the day
Working hard until midday
Just to try and make ends meet
Struggling to make both ends of income meet
When the rooster starts to crow
When the rooster crows, signaling the start of the day
You know there ain't no time
No time to waste or slow down
To slow down on the farm
Highlighting the constant pace on the farm
Well all you city settlers
Referring to both city dwellers and rural inhabitants
And you country slickers
People from urban areas
All you bargain peddlars
Those seeking deals or bargains
And you get-rich-quickers
Individuals aiming for quick wealth
It's a twenty-dollar day
Similar reference to earning $20 for a day's work
And you'll get paid when it rains
Payment linked to rainfall
Down on the farm
Reiterating the tough life on the farm
The farmer's daughter
A suggestive encounter behind the barn involving the farmer's daughter
Is a hit behind the barn
An event occurring away from sight
Inside the fiddler steals the show
The fiddler becomes the center of attention
Doesy doe the partners promenade
Describing a dance, a communal activity
With every seed that you sow
Symbolic of the results of hard work and dedication
With every weed that you hoe
Representing the laborious task of removing unwanted plants
Down on the farm
Summing up the challenging life on the farm
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