Farm On the Freeway

Nine miles of two-strand topped with barbed wire

Laid by the father for the son

Good shelter down there on the valley floor

Down by where the sweet stream run

Now they might give me compensation

That's not what I'm chasing, I was a rich man before yesterday

Now all I have got is a cheque and a pickup truck

And I left my farm on the freeway

They're busy building airports on the south side

Silicon chip factory on the east

And the big road's pushing through along the valley floor

Hot machine pouring six lanes at the very least

Now, they say they gave me compensation

That's not what I'm chasing, I was a rich man before yesterday

Now all I have left is a broken-down pickup truck

Looks like my farm is a freeway

They forgot they told us what this old land was for

Grow two tons the acre, boy, between the stones

This was no Southfork, it was no Ponderosa

But it was the place that I called home

They say they gave me compensation

That's not what I'm chasing, I was a rich man before yesterday

And what do I want with a million dollars and a pickup truck?

When I left my farm under the freeway