Acre by Acre

"ACRE BY ACRE"

My father’s father was a hard working man
He spent his whole lifetime working his land
He plowed with a mule and built with his hands
The porch where the auctioneer now stands.

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Acre by acre
It all disappears
Three generations in 70 years
The cows and the chickens
Tractors and barns
Big money buying up all of these farms

My own dear father worked a 12 hour day
From sunup to sundown, planted wheat, corn, & hay
I plowed right beside him and learned from his ways
He taught me to sweat and he taught me to pray

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I knew one day it all would be mine
I’d pass it on down to my own son in time
Daddy died back in ‘82
I stepped in his shoes and knew just what I’d do

Had me a dream and I took out a loan
The interest rates then they were still pretty low
Planted my seeds, but before they could grow
Big money came tellin’ me I had to go

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