"Amarillo Sky" Lyrics (Jason Aldean album)
Written By Bart Pursley, Rodney Clawson, John Rich, Big Kenny
[Verse 1:]
He gets up before the dawn,
Packs a lunch an' a thermos full of coffee.
It's another day in the dusty haze,
Those burnin' rays are wearin' down his body.
An' diesel's worth the price of gold,{1}
An' it's the cheapest grain he's ever sold.{2}
But he's still holdin' on.
[Chorus:]
He just takes the tractor another round,
An' pulls the plow across the ground.
An' sends up another prayer,
He says, "Lord, I never complain, I never ask why.
But please, don't let my dreams a-run dry,
Underneath, underneath this Amarillo sky."
[Verse 2:]
That hail storm back in eighty-three,
Sure did take a toll on his fam'ly.
But he stayed strong an' carried on,
Just like his dad an' grandad did before him.
On his knees every night he prays,
"Please let my crops an' children grow."
'Cause that's all he's ever known.
[Chorus:]
He just takes the tractor another round,
An' pulls the plow across the ground.
An' sends up another prayer,
He says, "Lord, I never complain, I never ask why.
Please, don't let my dreams a-run dry,
Underneath, underneath this Amarillo sky."
[Short instrumental break.]
[Extended chorus:]
An' he takes the tractor
Another round, ('nother round,)
Another round, ('nother round,)
Another round, ('nother round,)
An' he takes the tractor another round,
Another round.
He says, "I never complain I never ask why.
But please, don't let my dreams a-run dry,
Underneath, underneath this Amarillo sky."
Underneath this Amarillo sky.
[Instrumental to end.]