Colin Hay - Next Year People lyrics

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 and spit out the dirt We've had droughts before but none quite like this We've had winds that cut up your face all to pieces Black blizzards that stripped all the paint off your car Fires like twisters no sisters of mercy They come with no warning only that sound God is roaring drunk and out on the town Next year everything will come good The rains they will fall and we'll dance on the hood We'll fill up our bellies with plentiful food We'll eat drink and be merry Yeah next year people wait and see We're next year people you and me Henry got hit by lightning twice in the head He stood and walked away, we thought he was dead Now he talks funny says he's wired to the sky He walks for miles and miles and no one knows why The bank men they came and wrote things down on paper We all went outside and just stood around We were glad when they left they brought nothing but heartache And the seed we had planted it stayed in the ground Next year everything will come good The rains they will fall and we'll dance on the hood We'll fill up our bellies with plentiful food We'll eat drink and be merry Yeah next year people wait and see We're next year people you and me Dry endless plains and we suffered the worst Are we being punished or are we just cursed It's almost ten years and no drop of rain Only mocking blue skies bringing more of the same Our mother was crying when they sent us away With strangers in a town and we both rain away Back to the dust and see Henry again We're creatures of habit don't you know And one day we'll reap what we sow Next year everything will come good The rains they will fall and we'll dance on the hood We'll fill up our bellies with plentiful food We'll eat drink and be merry Yeah next year people wait and see We're next year people you and me Yeah next year people wait and see We're next year people you and me