ADD: Next Year Finally Came (Charley Pride)

Subject: Lyrics Next Year Finally Came
From: GUEST,churchlady
Date: 22 Jul 10 - 12:30 AM

Looking for lyrics to charley pride song "Next Year Finally Came"

Subject: RE: lyr req: Next Year Finally Came (Charley Pride)
From: Beer
Date: 22 Jul 10 - 07:27 AM

Well churchlady good luck. I have been surfing the net for 20 minutes and came up blank. Hope someone can help you.
ad.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Next Year Finally Came (Charley Pride)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 25 Jul 10 - 07:54 PM

It was on the album "Sunday Morning with Charley Pride" (1976) RCA Victor APL1-1359, reissued as AYL1-3740.

I found some places where the LP was being offered for sale, but no lyrics or playable recordings.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Next Year Finally Came (Charley Pride)
From: Gene
Date: 25 Jul 10 - 08:15 PM

Help is on the way... I have that LP... in fact i have his fisrt 33 lps...

Pm your addy or email: [e-mail]

G

Subject: Lyr Add: NEXT YEAR FINALLY CAME (Charley Pride)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 31 Jul 10 - 02:09 AM

This is what Gene and I have so far. You can see that there are places where we disagree.
-Joe-

> NEXT YEAR FINALLY CAME
> As Recorded by Charley Pride
>
> 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
> All the crops kept coming [from his ground]
>
> Chorus
> He'd smile and say thank you Lord
> will be better (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 could call himself a man
> They would gather round the market place
> and brag on their success
> This farmer's fate they didn't understand
>
> Chorus
>
> Then came the day when all the land
> was bare and worn-out soil
> But the farmer's land kept growin' [rich with rain](rich with fame??)
> Everything he [sowed] he reaped in wealthy fertile years
> Thank the Lord that next year finally came
>
> Chorus
>
> TAG: Thank the Lord that next year finally came

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Next Year Finally Came (Charley Pride)
From: GUEST,Gene
Date: 01 Aug 10 - 11:28 PM

Thanks Joe... but I wouldnt necessarily say we disagree.

I just seem to have trouble understanding slurred lyrics.

As I mentioned, I sang the wrong words to a couple of songs for
some 20 years, then one day like a bolt out of the blue, listening
to a recording by a different artist, they came thru loud and clear.

G

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Next Year Finally Came (Charley Pride)
From: GUEST,Thomas Steel
Date: 21 Jul 11 - 08:43 AM

Hi

I've been listening to this song as well for many times. I'm Swiss and I didn't understand some words. Someone from a dictionary-forum helped me and another one by e-mail.

They weren't sure either in the part "but the farmer's land kept growin' ...". Today I searched for words that sound like in the song. So one suggestion from my side is "rich with gain" because the other's don't make too much sense.

I have more suggestions to change your version:

all the crops = smaller crops kept coming ...
when all the land = when all their land was ...
farmer's fate = farmer's faith they didn't understand ...

What do you think about my options?

Thanks,
Thomas

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Next Year Finally Came (Charley Pride)
From: GUEST,Thomas Steel
Date: 21 Jul 11 - 08:45 AM

One other version: kept growing rich with grain

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Next Year Finally Came (Charley Pride)
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 21 Jul 11 - 09:10 AM

Thanks all, for bringing this interesting song back to life.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Next Year Finally Came (Charley Pride)
From: GUEST,Thomas Steel
Date: 21 Jul 11 - 07:28 PM

Hello Leeneia

Do you have this song on vinyl?

Did you maybe get the passages that we are all uncertain about? Especially the one about "kept growing rich with ..." I'm still unsure because it just doesn't sound like grain or gain.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Next Year Finally Came (Charley Pride)
From: Beer
Date: 21 Jul 11 - 09:31 PM

I must look to see if I have that record. Recorded on the "Sunday Morning vinyl" eh!
Just might get lucky. Curious as to how it sounds.
Always like Charlie.
ad.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Next Year Finally Came (Charley Pride)
From: GUEST,Thomas Steel
Date: 22 Jul 11 - 06:14 AM

Hi Charlie

Thanks for looking for that record. I have several "Sunday Morning" records. I bought them as still sealed via Ebay. Unfortunately they turned out to be quite bad in quality. There were flaws on the surface even though it was sealed. I'm not sure but I think there are a lot of bad pressings around from the earlier days. I'd really like to have a good pressing of this record for I really like all the songs on it.

Actually the pronunciation of Charlie isn't very clear on this record and the voice is too much covered by the instrumental sound.

Thomas

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Next Year Finally Came (Charley Pride)
From: GUEST,Thom Steel
Date: 09 Oct 11 - 08:24 AM

Did noone get the chance to listen to it? :-(

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Next Year Finally Came (Charley Pride)
From: GUEST,avid reader
Date: 11 Oct 13 - 08:42 PM

thanks helped alot

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Next Year Finally Came (Charley Pride)
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 12 Oct 13 - 11:25 AM

Here it is on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zoiyfj-g_VY

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Next Year Finally Came (Charley Pride)
From: GUEST
Date: 08 Oct 15 - 07:41 PM

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

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Next Year Finally Came (Charley Pride)
From: GUEST,Thomas
Date: 05 Jan 19 - 09:50 AM

Hello

Actually a longer while ago I got an answer to an e-mail to Charlie Pride's management or so. After about one year I got an answer from someone who told me that he was in the band that accompanied Charlie with this song. So he knows the exact words. I was just asking about the passage "growing rich with ...". So he told me that "rich with rain" was correct.

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I changed the lyrics to reflect that. Thanks - Mod

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Next Year Finally Came (Charley Pride)
From: GUEST
Date: 16 Aug 21 - 08:51 PM

Looking for the guitar chord for this songs can anyone help with them?