Just when you thought you’d never see it again
There’s a 5 o clock shadow all over the fen
On all the front pages of the farmers news
The whole of Kyme fen, has got the black grass blues
Persistence, resistance, I’m down on me yield
The world is never good when you’ve got black grass in you field
Its no good for me, no way of containment
I guess ill make it up with my single farm payment
We got the black grass, the black grass blues
We got the black grass, no time to loose
Were at the end of our tether
My fields all black
We even thought spraying it with paraquat
Weve tried Axial, Parcifica and Broadway star
Fluoxopire, liberator, diesel from my car
At a hundred quid a litre, Blame it on inflation
When all you really need is crop rotation
Looked at my wheat, I gave it so much love
But what the hell is that sticking up above.
I’ve got a purple haze that shimmers on my robigus
Turned away at Padleys, they don’t want the stuff
It used to be that wild oats, the bane of my life
You could hide ‘em in the trailer, you’d still get a price
I’ve pulled it, I’ve snipped it I’ve yanked it right out
Hold my head in my hands and I just want to shout
We got the black grass, the black grass blues
We got the black grass, no time to loose
Were at the end of our tether
My fields all black
We even thought spraying it with paraquat
Weve tried Axial, Parcifica and Broadway star
Fluoxopire, liberator, diesel from my car
At a hundred quid a litre, Blame it on inflation
When all you really need is crop rotation
The Blackgrass Blues Brommell, Pout and Glenn
