[Verse 1]
Well, I made a promise to not let go
Our tug of war has only made me want you more
Now steeped in hard luck and doomed to roam
My love is braver than you know
My forefathers, they worked this land
And I was schooled in the tyranny of nature's plans
And dressed in thunder, a cloud came around
Oh, in the shape of a lion, a hand came down
[Chorus]
Now, damn this valley and damn this cold
Well, it takes so long to let me know
It's plant, and reap, and plow, and sow
But tell me, will it grow?
[Verse 2]
Dig my ditches in the golden sun
And I'd be robbing these trains if I could catch me one
Now, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday's gone
And got me stone-cold sober in a drought so long
Boarded mansions and ghost-filled yards
Now, there's a boy in a water-tower counting cars
Steel trap open and empty stalls
Now, there's a well-worn saddle, but the horse is gone
[Chorus]
Now, damn this valley and damn this cold
It takes so long to let me know
It's plant, and reap, and plow, and sow
But tell me, will it grow? (Will it grow?)
[Verse 3]
Jet black starlit midnight rolls
And I am down in the garden where I let you go
Up on the surface, the earth looks round
But it's a godless city of cold flat ground
[Chorus]
Now, damn this valley and damn this cold
It takes so long to let me know
It's plant, and reap, and plow, and sow
But tell me, will it grow?
[Outro]
Will it grow?
Will it grow?
Will it grow?
