A Year of Decembers | South Austin Moonlighters

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A Year of Decembers - Written by Chris Beall

Recorded Live October 27, 2023

Lyrics:
It was a year of Decembers, an early fall
But don't you think I'm walkin' away.
I might come up swingin'---
I made you a promise I'd stay

'Cause it's hand-to-the-plow
And the plow-to-the-land.
In the dust I heard the plowman say,
"If the workin' was easy
Wouldn't be no reason
for a man like me anyway."

If it's all I can do
Just to stay 'til the work is through
Tonight.
Well alright

It might take everything I've got
To find out I can't be bought
But for one price.
The plowman was right.

It's a hard way to live workin' day to day;
Everybody's got to pay the cost
And decide what they can't leave behind
When the hammer falls

'Cause it's hand-to-the-plow
And the plow-to-the-land
The dust we came and went back to.
Best get behind something good enough---
It's gonna take everything you got to do.

If it's all you can do
Gotta stay til the work is through
Tonight.
Mmmm, it's alright.

It might take everything you've got
To find out you can't be bought
But for one price.
The plowman was right.

We'll be workin' for the summer
When the fields will all turn green;
And we'll finally find our treasure
On the road toward what we believe.

If it's all we can do
Gotta stay til the work is through
Tonight.
Well alright.

And if it takes everything we've got
To find out we can't be bought
But for one price,
The plowman was righ