The very first frost of the year lies on the paddocks glistening
My Daddy used to stand right here for the big rains listening
When daddy died I took his place, oh I watched them old black mountains
Now the hard times have settled on my face, this country ain't no wishing fountain
But I will stay until I crumble into dust beneath the sky
I will move my hands through the dirt and wait for rain until I die
'Til the last head's sold or I'm too old I just don't know what else I'd do
My Daddy always said that we get what we're given and that's why I'm not shooting through
When I was a younger woman I loved a broken man
Oh he'd set my chest a-heaving
He asked me one night for my hand
But that one chance I had ended up leaving
But I will stay until I crumble into dust beneath the sky
I will move my hands through the dirt and wait for rain until I die
Til the last head's sold or I'm too old I just don't know what else I'd do
My Daddy always said that we get what we're given and that's why I'm not shooting through
My Daddy used to stand right here for the big rains listening
When daddy died I took his place, oh I watched them old black mountains
Now the hard times have settled on my face, this country ain't no wishing fountain
But I will stay until I crumble into dust beneath the sky
I will move my hands through the dirt and wait for rain until I die
'Til the last head's sold or I'm too old I just don't know what else I'd do
My Daddy always said that we get what we're given and that's why I'm not shooting through
When I was a younger woman I loved a broken man
Oh he'd set my chest a-heaving
He asked me one night for my hand
But that one chance I had ended up leaving
But I will stay until I crumble into dust beneath the sky
I will move my hands through the dirt and wait for rain until I die
Til the last head's sold or I'm too old I just don't know what else I'd do
My Daddy always said that we get what we're given and that's why I'm not shooting through