This song is partly based on a true of my childhood growing up in Ohio. HE WAS A FARMER'S SON, AND HE CARRIED THE TRADITION ON, HE WORKED THE FIELDS JUST LIKE THE GENERATIONS BEFORE HIM. AND FROM THE TIME THAT HE WAS YOUNG, HE WOULD RISE BEFORE THE
Lyrics
VS:1
WELL HE LIVED JUST DOWN THE ROAD, AND HE HAD HIMSELF A
CODE, THAT WAS HANDED DOWN FROM HIS FATHER
VS:1
WELL, HE LIVED JUST DOWN THE ROAD AND HE HAD HIMSELF A CODE THAT WAS HANDED DOWN FROM HIS FATHER BEFORE HIM, AND HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO WORK EVEN WHEN MY BODY HURT, I LOOKED
UP TO HIM, THOUGH, MOST FOLKS IGNORED HIM.
CHORUS:
HE WAS A FARMER'S SON, AND HE CARRIED THE TRADITION ON, HE WORKED THE FIELDS JUST LIKE THE GENERATIONS BEFORE HIM. AND FROM THE
TIME THAT HE WAS YOUNG, HE WOULD RISE BEFORE THE SUN, AND I NEVER KNEW A MAN THAT WORKED ANY HARDER. HE WAS A FARMER.
VS:2
HE WOULD PLOW THE FIELDS IN SPRING, IN HOPES OF WHAT THEY'D BRING, THOUGH IT NEVER EVER SEEMED TO BE ENOUGH, AND I SAW HIM PRAY FOR RAIN, THEN GIVE THANKS WHEN IT CAME, HE MADE IT THROUGH EVEN WHEN TIMES WERE TOUGH.
REPEAT CHORUS:
VS:3
AND WHEN HE TRAVELED FROM THIS LIFE, HE LEFT BEHIND TWO KIDS AND A WIFE, HIS SON STILL WORKS THE FARM TO THIS DAY, AND THOUGH HE
NEVER DID HAVE MUCH, I AM ONE LIFE THAT HE TOUCHED, AND IT'S WITH PRIDE THAT YOU CAN HEAR ME SAY.
REPEAT CHORUS:
TAG:
HE WAS A FARMER
TAG:
HE WAS A FARMER.