Doobie Brothers: Texas lullaby

Sittin' by myself in the summertime, when the heat is burnin' downWatchin' the golden crops in the field just growin' without a soundI was a boy raised in the country and it's still a part of meAnd you see no matter where I go it's a beautiful memoryRise with sun at the break of day, lookin' out my windowIt's the same as yesterday Sittin' under an old oak tree, pickin' my guitar in the shadeThat old tree spreadin' over my head is the closest friend I made Just me and some lonely wooden music, floatin' through airThe grass is rustlin' and the birds are singin' and my heart don't have a careStill another day finds me in the fields, sweat is soakin' up my ragged clothesBut I'd rather work than steal Watchin' the sun settle down over open Texas land, looking at the cattle and the horses runnin' wild as they canLife was different in the old days, you just get a day's work doneWhen you were finished workin' in the fields, there was chores at home to be done I was always hearin' music, always wanna play me someAs a full-time friend or the way to ease the end of a woman that swayed me someHearin' those tunes always had a way of soothin' out my soulWhen times got hard and work got slow it was music that kept me wholeSun beatin' down through the trees, gets so hot bring a workin' man to his kneesPart of my heart, part of my soul, part of a melodyHands are clappin' and people swayin' in simple harmonyLife was different in the old days, you just get a day's work doneWhen you finished workin' in the fields there was chores at home to be done Late in the evenin' on the front porch when the sun is settin' in the westMe and the boys pass around the bottle and sing what we like bestSing about our wives, sing about our children, singin' out the Delta bluesWe're simple folks and we like it that way, got nothin' left to lose