The soil has moved south with the Arkansas river

Even the buzzards won't stick around here

The dust don't settle and the wind don't break

It's a dust bowl tragedy

But the C.C.C is the working man's way

Instead of walking around in circles I get three squares a day

A short handle shovel and two pairs of shoes

The C.C.C is alright by me

I've heard it said that you reap what you sow

So we're filling up the gulleys full of new top soil

Gonna heal up the land that we all call home the new deal's the remedy

The C.C.C is the working man's way

Instead of walking around in circles I get three squares a day

A short handle shovel and two pairs of shoes

The C.C.C is alright by me

There's 2000 dead on a north pacific shore

Packing up the shovels ain't gonna dig no more

Gonna give us a springfield and a colt 45

The tree army's gonna bring it home

The US army is the fighting man's way

Instead of walking around in circles I get three squares a day

A short handle shovel and two pairs of boots

The US army is alright by me

The US army is alright by me