Harvest Day

Words and Music by Raccoon

as recorded on Nature’s Cathedrals

I don't like no 'lectric guitar, I like the way that my acoustic sounds

And I’m gonna charge ten bucks a show the way they do uptown

I’m not here to mess with your head – I don’t wear no spandex, day glow tights

All I need’s a fast, free cold beer and I’ll sing this shit all night

My music may be drivel but I got nothin' better to do

Than to sit here until I’m arrested and sing these stupid songs for you

I don’t make much sense but I never really try

I like sittin' in the middle of my merry go round

Watchin' the world go by and by and by

Bye, bye

If I’m walkin' by your front yard I might think it’s pretty neat

You got plastic covers for all your trees and your grass is all concrete

You paint it pretty colors but you still wake up with fear

That the pretty colors might fade away in a hundred thousand years

You can beat your mama but you cannot hurt her soul

The two of you are stuck together and she ain’t never gonna let you go

In the distant future, when your time is long since past

My spirit will be laughin' as the farmer’s plow cuts across your ass

And my friend the farmer, when he dies his work is done

Cuz every good old farmer was once a good farmer’s son

Don’t fear the thunder, let the lightning light your way

The biggest farmer in the galaxy says it’s almost Harvest Day