Raised

News vans gathered 'round that hundred-acre farm

That twister just came through and blew away

An old man stood there with a little dog in his arms

Trying his best to think of what to say

They asked him, "Sir, what in the world are you gonna do?"

Now that all the crops you've raised are gone

He surprised them as he smiled and he said, "Y'all to tell the truth"

I ain't lost a single thing at all

See my son on the tractor

Straighten up what's left of the barn

He's a better man than I ever thought to be

And that there beautiful girl

She's damn near my whole world

Looks like her momma, and Lord, she fights like me

And them cornrows may seem like gold, and I've lost everything

Long as I've got my family and my faith

Well, that's the best damn crop I've ever raised

He told them how his daddy's daddy bought the place

And built that house and barn with his bare hands

The anchor said it must be tough to watch all that just turn to dust

He said, "Ma'am, that ain't nothing but a piece of land"

See my son on the tractor

Teaching his son how to drive

You can't buy that kind of love at a hardware store

And that there beautiful girl

She's damn near my whole world

Her heart's the kind you just can't find no more

And them cornrows may seem like gold, and I've lost everything

Long as I've got my family and my faith

Well, that's the best damn crop I've ever raised

In all my days beneath the son

This might be my finest one

Because I can see it clearly now

All the work that god has done

See my son on the tractor

Arms up there by that cross

Helping my grandson lay roses on the ground

And that there beautiful girl

She's damn near my whole world

Lord, her momma's smile if she could just see her now

And them cornrows may seem like gold, and I've lost everything

Long as I've got my family and my faith

And this little dog she'd left when she passed away

Lord, for all the time that I've got left, I pray

That's the best damn crop I've ever raised