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[00:08.940]I worked the land to raise a family
[00:13.310]Til I was weary to the bone
[00:18.760]But hard labor never bothered me
[00:22.200]Lord it's all I've ever known
[00:26.370]Too many seasons of calamity
[00:30.670]And too much interest on the loan
[00:36.060]I'm half the size that I used to be
[00:39.950]And half of that is stone
[00:44.760]The crops ain't worth the seeding10 will only get you 5
[00:53.410]The live stock I'm a feeding
[00:56.720]I can hardly keep 'em alive
[01:00.970]I gotta do what I can to survive
[01:07.710]I know the law won't be forgiving
[01:12.200]But that'll be the choice I made
[01:16.100]I used to farm for a living
[01:21.010]And now I'm in the growing trade
[01:33.800]The summer beauty of the cotton field
[01:37.950]Was like a view from Heaven's door
[01:43.300]My granddaddy said that harvest time
[01:46.590]Was what the good Lord made us for
[01:50.790]I guess he'd wonder where's the dignity
[01:55.240]In a crop you raise to burn
[02:00.310]But this land is my legacy
[02:03.730]I got nowhere else to turn
[02:09.160]Shotgun on my shoulder
[02:12.450]Where a tote sack oughta be
[02:17.590]The thieves are getting bolder
[02:20.750]And the feds may be watching me
[02:24.990]I gotta quit this eventually
[02:31.580]I know the law won't be forgiving
[02:36.000]But that'll be the choice I made
[02:40.010]I used to farm for a living
[02:44.890]But now I'm in the growing trade
[02:50.840]Helicopters in the distance
[02:55.090]Coming closer everyday
[02:59.510]They're gonna meet some resistance
[03:03.360]Aint no price I wouldn't pay
[03:08.590]There won't be any difference
[03:11.900]When they take it all away
[03:16.930]Between a cot in the jail house
[03:20.240]And a bed beneath the clay
[03:24.500]I guess there's nothing to do now but pray
[03:30.970]I know the law won't be forgiving
[03:35.630]But that'll be the choice I made
[03:39.560]I used to farm for a living
[03:44.300]And now I'm in the growing trade
[03:50.110]I used to farm for a living
[03:54.340]And now I'm in the growing trade