Lyrics

Make Hay When The Sun Shines

 
Mama worked on the farm hard as any man I know
She could plow and sow the fields, and when she had to shoot the crows
She had faith in the land and sky, faith in the good books verse
She pulled us through like stringin’ a shoe with her wise and simple words
 
Make Hay When The Sun Shines, when the grass is tall and dry
Make Hay When The Sun Shines, stack that barn rafter high
There’s a time for summer, a time for snow, a time to let things go
From the break of daylight, Make Hay When The Sun Shines
 
When I lay staring at the ceiling, my heart like a ton of lead
There’s mama’s voice in the back of my head with those healing words she said
Even if it rains like hell and we have to start from scratch
There’s a brighter spell ahead; thank God for what we have
 
Make Hay When The Sun Shines, when the grass is tall and dry
Make Hay When The Sun Shines, stack that barn rafter high
There’s a time for summer, a time for snow, a time to let things go
From the break of daylight, Make Hay When The Sun Shines
 
There’s a change on the horizon now, from midnight blue to gold
I’m pullin' on my boots, there’s coffee on the stove
 
Make Hay When The Sun Shines, when the grass is tall and dry
Make Hay When The Sun Shines, stack that barn rafter high
There’s a time for summer, a time for snow, a time to let things go
From the break of daylight, Make Hay When The Sun Shines

There’s a time for summer, a time for snow, a time to let things go
From the break of daylight, Make Hay When The Sun Shines

© Denis Loiseau, Finbar Magee