Next Year Finally Came

Once I knew a farmer who reaped little what he sowed
While the neighbors' crops grew prosperous all around
And every year at harvest time this farmer did no good
Smaller crops kept coming from his ground

Chorus
He'd smile and say thank you Lord
We'll do better come next year
I know you have a reason for it all
I'll try a little harder and be thankful for the day
When next year's crops are gathered in the fall

The neighbors saw the times get worse
and couldn't understand
How this humble soul could call himself a man
They would gather round the market place
and brag on their success
This farmer's Faith they didn't understand

Chorus
He'd smile and say thank you Lord
We'll do better come next year
I know you have a reason for it all
I'll try a little harder and be thankful for the day
When next year's crops are gathered in the fall

Then came the day when all their land
was bare and worn-out soil
But the farmer's land kept growing rich with rain
Everything he sowed he reaped in wealthy fertile years
Thanked the Lord that next year finally came

Chorus
He'd just smile and say thank you Lord
We'll do better come next year
I know you have a reason for it all
I'll try a little harder and be thankful for the day
When next year's crops are gathered in the fall

And Thanks the Lord that next year finally came