Growing Trade

I worked the land to raise a family

Till I was weary to the bone

But hard labor never bothered me

Lord, it's all I've ever know

Too many seasons of calamity

And too much interest on a loan

I'm half the size that I used to be

And half of that is stoned

The crops aint' worth the seeding

Timber only gets you fire

The last hog I'ma feeding

I can hardly keep him alive

I got to do what I can to survive

I know the law won't be forgiving

But that'll be the choice I make

I used to farm for a living

And now I'm in the growing trade

The summer beauty of the cotton fields

Was like a view from heaven's door

My granddaddy said that harvest time

Was what the good Lord made us for

I guess you'd wonder, where's the dignity?

In a crop you raise to burn

But this land is my legacy

I got nowhere else to turn

A shot gun on my shoulder

Where a tow sack ought to be

The thieves are getting bolder

And the feds may be wise to me

I got to quit this eventually

I know the law won't be forgiving

But that'll be the choice I make

I used to farm for a living

And now I'm in the growing trade

Helicopters in the distance

Coming closer every day

They're gonna meet some resistance

Ain't no price too big to pay

There won't be any difference

When they take it all away

Between the cop in the jailhouse

And a bed beneath the clay

I guess there's nothing to do now but pray

I know the law won't be forgiving

But that'll be the choice I make

I used to farm for a living

And now I'm in the growing trade

I used to farm for a living

And now I'm in the growing trade