Corn in the fields   Listen to the rice when the wind blows 'cross the water   King harvest has surely come      I work for the union   'Cause she's so good to me   And I'm bound to come out on top   That's where she said I should be      I will hear every word the boss may say   For he's the one who hands me down my pay   Looks like this time I'm gonna get to stay   I'm a union man, now all the way      The smell of the leaves   From the magnolia trees in the meadow   King harvest has surely come      Dry summer, then comes fall   Which I depend on most of all   Hey, rainmaker can't you hear my call?   Please let these crops grow tall      Long enough I've been up on skid row   And it's plain to see, I've nothin' to show   I'm glad to pay those union dues   Just don't judge me by my shoes      Scarecrow and a yellow moon   And pretty soon a carnival on the edge of town   King harvest has surely come      Last year this time, wasn't no joke   My whole barn went up in smoke   My horse Jethro, well he went mad   And I can't ever remember things bein' so bad      Then there comes a man with a paper and a pen   Tellin' us our hard times are about to end   And then if they don't give us what we like   He said, "Men, that's when you gotta go on strike"      Corn in the fields   Listen to the rice when the wind blows 'cross the water   King harvest has surely come