Farmer

It's waking up in the pitch black Coffee in a cup, out the door 'fore the dawn cracks A quick prayer in the barn, "Lord, we sure could use some rain" Climb on up in the tractor Take a hundred laps, wake the kids up after Get a quick kiss from your baby, then it's time to start the day It's giving all you've got to give, then going ten steps farther It's a dusty cap and coveralls that you put on like armor The days are long, the work is hard But your calloused hands are harder The only thing tougher than the farm, is the farmer It's dinner time at sunset Knowing that a bunch of folks that you ain't met Can gather 'round the table, with enough to pass around It's good dog and a dirty truck, a hand helping your neighbor up It's the whole counting on us, and we ain't gonna let 'em down It's giving all you've got to give, then going ten steps farther It's a dusty cap and coveralls that you put on like armor The days are long, the work is hard But your calloused hands are harder The only thing tougher than the farm, is the farmer Steady as a fence post Shoot you straighter than a corn row The world needs 'em, God knows That's why he made the farmer It's giving all you've got to give, then going ten steps farther It's a dusty cap and coveralls that you put on like armor The days are long, the work is hard But your calloused hands are harder Yeah, the only thing tougher than the farm, is the farmer, mm-mm