From the recording Waiting On The Winds
**WAITING ON THE WINDS — Kingdom Tunes**
*An unforgettable country-gospel ballad about wisdom ignored, faith delayed, and the heartbreaking cost of waiting too long.*
A young man inherits his father's farm, along with years of hard-earned wisdom he never bothered to understand. Whenever Daddy tried to teach him about planting, seasons, and trusting God, his answer was always the same: “Yes, Daddy, yes.” But his mind was somewhere else.
After his father passes away, the young farmer finds himself responsible for the land. Afraid to make a mistake, he waits for favorable winds and a perfect sign. When he finally plants, the season has passed. The seeds die in the ground, the harvest never comes, and the family farm is lost.
Featuring heartfelt country storytelling, gentle banjo, mournful harmonica, acoustic guitar, and pedal steel, *Waiting on the Winds* brings Ecclesiastes 11:4 to life.
**The message:** Waiting upon God is not the same as postponing what God has already called us to do. Wisdom must be heard, faith must be exercised, and opportunity must be acted upon in its season.
Don't wait until tomorrow to sow the seed God has placed in your hands today.
**Scripture:** Ecclesiastes 11:4–6; Proverbs 4:7; Daniel 2:20–22; James 1:22.
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Lyrics
Waiting on the Winds
Creation Date
10 Oct 2026, 12:03 PM
Characters
5000
Genres
fingerpicked acoustic guitar, gentle five-string banjo, mournful harmonica, pedal steel, fiddle, upright bass, brushed drum
Languages
English
Vocalist gender
Male
[TITLE: WAITING ON THE WINDS]
[STYLE: Traditional country storytelling ballad; bluegrass and Southern gospel influences]
[KEY: G major | TEMPO: 72 BPM | METER: 6/8]
[VOCAL: Weathered male baritone, intimate and conversational; increasingly regretful]
[INSTRUMENTS: Fingerpicked acoustic guitar, gentle five-string banjo, mournful harmonica, pedal steel, fiddle, upright bass, brushed drums]
[INTRO: Acoustic guitar and soft banjo; harmonica plays a simple four-note motif]
[VERSE 1]
G C
Daddy walked me through the fields,
G D
With the morning on his face.
G C
Said, "Son, the seed and seasons
Am D
Ain't got a moment you can waste."
G C
He said, "Learn the land, learn when to sow,
G D
And trust the Lord for rain."
Em C
I rolled my eyes and looked away,
D G
Said, "Yes, Daddy, yes," again.
[VERSE 2]
G C
He never wore a lawyer's suit,
G D
Never had a doctor's name.
G C
Just worn-out boots and working hands,
Am D
And a lifetime on that plain.
G C
I thought, "He's just an old dirt farmer,
G D
What could he know that I don't know?"
Em C
I heard him talking every day,
D G
But never heard his wisdom grow.
[CHORUS: Restrained, aching; harmonica answers vocal]
C G
Waiting on the winds,
D Em
Waiting for a sign,
C G
Watching all the seasons pass,
Am D
Thinking I had time.
C G
I had the seed, I had the land,
D Em
But fear had tied my hands.
C G
I was waiting on the winds to change,
D G
While the season left the land.
[VERSE 3: Banjo thins; pedal steel enters]
G C
Then Daddy went to be with Jesus,
G D
And his chair sat empty there.
G C
He left the farm, the seed, the tractor,
Am D
And a lifetime's worth of prayer.
G C
The neighbors plowed and planted early,
G D
While I watched the clouds roll by.
Em C
I said, "Lord, just send a signal,
D G
And I'll sow when winds are right."
[VERSE 4: Pulse builds, then drops]
G C
Then one day the wind turned kindly,
G D
And I ran to plant the ground.
G C
I poured the seed into the furrows,
Am D
Sure my answer had been found.
G C
But the cold came down too early,
G D
Not a stalk rose from the clay.
Em C
All those seeds lay dead beneath me,
D G
And the harvest slipped away.
[CHORUS: Fuller, anguished]
C G
Waiting on the winds,
D Em
Waiting for a sign,
C G
Watching all the seasons pass,
Am D
Thinking I had time.
C G
I had the seed, I had the land,
D Em
But fear had tied my hands.
C G
I was waiting on the winds to change,
D G
While the season left the land.
[BRIDGE: Drums stop; near-spoken confession]
Em C
I didn't lose the farm that autumn,
G D
When the fields stood bare and brown.
Em C
I lost it every springtime morning
G D
I was scared to break the ground.
Am Em
Fear kept me pinned against the walls
C D
Where faith should have prevailed.
Am Em
I could have made a difference,
C D G
But I didn't. And I failed.
[FINAL VERSE: Only acoustic guitar and harmonica]
G C
They sold the farm come early winter,
G D
And I watched the trucks pull out.
G C
I held the hat my daddy wore,
Am D
And finally knew what he'd been about.
G C
He taught me more than planting corn,
G D
More than reading skies above.
Em C
He taught me wisdom needs an answer,
D G
And faith puts hands to love.
[OUTRO: Slow, fragile; no choir]
C G
I heard you, Daddy, every day,
D Em
But I never listened then.
C G
You said, "Son, don't wait upon the wind..."
D G
And I said, "Yes, Daddy, yes."
[HARMONICA: Repeat Daddy's original four-note motif alone]
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