Better Soon Come

Better soon come (soon come)
hold on a little more.
Better soon come (soon come)
morning at the door.

The factory close and the young man wait,
bus fare short at the garden gate.
Mama stretch the flour one more week,
candle low but the faith don't sleep.
Down at the shop the old men say
this island seen a harder day —
seen the storm take the roof and the crop and the coast,
and the people build it back when it mattered most.

So don't you watch the clock too hard,
don't you count the empty jar —
seed already in the ground,
and rain can smell the dry from far.

Better soon come, hold the line, (soon come)
dawn already on the mountain spine. (soon come)
We been through worse and we sang through some —
hold on, hold on, better soon come.

Soon come. (better soon come)
Soon come. (hold on, hold on)
Dawn already on the mountain spine.

The young man learn to fix a phone,
set a little table up, work his own.
First week, two customer; second week, ten —
the lane start calling him the fix-it man.
Mama flour stretch to a bakery pan,
selling toto by the church by hand.
Nothing come easy and nothing come fast,
but the seed in the ground don't stay in the past.

seed already in the ground,
and rain can smell the dry from far.

Better soon come, hold the line, (soon come)
dawn already on the mountain spine. (soon come)
We been through worse and we sang through some —
hold on, hold on, better soon come.

Grandpa used to say when the drought run long:
"The mango don't ripen 'cause you stare at it, son.
You water the root and you sing your song,
and one sweet morning's at the door — the waiting done."

(soon come, better soon come)
Water the root and sing, (hold on)
watch what the morning bring.

Better soon come, hold the line, (soon come)
dawn already on the mountain spine. (soon come)
The fix-it shop and the bakery pan —
better reach already, hold my hand.

Better soon come (soon come)
hold on a little more.
Morning at the door.