Fred Eaglesmith - Yellow Barley Straw lyrics

He's got a heart made of yellow barley straw All wrapped up in calico patches And plum chuck full of love He looks out over the fields Every year's losses Every year's yields Every year's dreams A hundred bushels to an acre And tomorrow you know The bank is gonna come and take it Take it all away He got a letter in the mail It was only Why it was only yesterday But he just goes on believin' And you can't sow crops if the ground ain't even So he tills the soil He drills the seed till dawn His heart is made of yellow barley straw Barley straw