I wake up early, before the Sun's up high Head out to the fields, where the crops grow wide We plant soybeans, corn, and hay for the cattle too Life on the ranch, it's hard work, but it's what we love to do My sweetheart's comin' to see me, after a long day's ride In her John Deere tractor, rumblin' down the country side We'll light up a bonfire, and strum some sweet tunes on my guitar too Singin' songs of love, under the Texas sky, with the stars shinin' through The Sun's settin' low, over the hills and the plains My girl's comin' home, with a smile and a sweet refrain We'll sit by the fire, and pick some sweet chords on my guitar Singin' songs of love, and stories of the past My sweetheart's comin' to see me, after a long day's ride In her John Deere tractor, rumblin' down the country side We'll light up a bonfire, and strum some sweet tunes on my guitar too Singin' songs of love, under the Texas sky, with the stars shinin' through The horses are grazin', in the pasture so green Their manes and tails flowin', in the gentle Texas breeze We'll ride out together, under the wide-open sky Feelin' free and alive, with the wind in our hair flyin' high My sweetheart's comin' to see me, after a long day's ride In her John Deere tractor, rumblin' down the country side We'll light up a bonfire, and strum some sweet tunes on my guitar too Singin' songs of love, under the Texas sky, with the stars shinin' through