Rick Harrington: Music
Tractor Song
(Rick Harrington & Emily Truncellito)
2008-04
Written by Rick Harrington
This song is an amusing observation on the reliability and simplicity of a tractor compared to a wayward woman.
I'm gonna buy myself a tractor
I’m gonna plow this field all day
I’m gonna till this hard dry soil
Until this pain all goes away
Well I’ll wake up with the sunrise
Then I’ll work ‘til I can’t see
I’m gonna buy myself a tractor
And plow away her memory
It’ll be there in the mornin’
With no lies to explain
If it breaks down I’ll know what to do
To make it work again
When it’s cold I’ll let it idle
When it’s hot I’ll let it cool
I’m gonna buy myself a tractor
And I’ll know just what to do
Chorus:
For a tractor cannot take your heart
And drag it through the rain
And it won’t leave you in the field
Alone and half insane
It’ll go just where you want it to
And it’ll always stay on track
And a tractor cannot leave you
So it can’t never come back
When I need it, it’ll be there
It’ll never drive away
And when my heart is aching
It’ll hear what I have to say
It’ll never make me worry
Or cause me any pain
I’m gonna buy myself a tractor
Then I’ll never hurt again
Chorus
Bridge:
With a heart of steel and an iron will
And blood as black as coal
She plowed this poor heart under
Then to greener fields she drove
Chorus
Never come back
Can’t never come back
Won’t never come back