You can't live without hope
that things will change for the better
You can't live without the dream of
someone reading your letter
We've had dust storms before
We've had droughts before but
We've had winds that cut up
Black blizzards that stripped all
Fires like twisters no sis
Henry got hit by lightning twice in the head
He stood and walked away,
He walks for miles and miles and
The bank men they came and
wrote things down on paper
We were glad when they left they
brought nothing but heartache
And the seed we had planted,
Next year everything will come good
The rains they will fall and we'll
We'll fill up our bellies
We'll eat drink and be merry
Yeah, next year people, wait and see
Dry endless plains and we
It's almost ten years and
Only mocking blue skies bringing
Our mother was crying when
With strangers in a town and
We're creatures of habit,
Next year everything will come good
The rains they will fall and we'll
We'll fill up our bellies
We'll eat drink and be merry
Yeah next year people, wait and see
We're next year people, you and me
