Growing Trade

I worked the land to raise a family
Til I was weary to the bone
But hard labor never bothered me
Lord its all Ive ever known
Too many seasons of calamity
And too much interest on the loan
Im half the size that I used to be
And half of that is stone
The crops aint worth the seeding10 will only get you 5
The live stock Im a feeding
I can hardly keep em alive
I gotta do what I can to survive
I know the law wont be forgiving
But thatll be the choice I made
I used to farm for a living
And now Im in the growing trade
The summer beauty of the cotton field
Was like a view from Heavens door
My granddaddy said that harvest time
Was what the good Lord made us for
I guess hed wonder wheres the dignity
In a crop you raise to burn
But this land is my legacy
I got nowhere else to turn
Shotgun on my shoulder
Where a tote sack oughta be
The thieves are getting bolder
And the feds may be watching me
I gotta quit this eventually
I know the law wont be forgiving
But thatll be the choice I made
I used to farm for a living
But now Im in the growing trade
Helicopters in the distance
Coming closer everyday
Theyre gonna meet some resistance
Aint no price I wouldnt pay
There wont be any difference
When they take it all away
Between a cot in the jail house
And a bed beneath the clay
I guess theres nothing to do now but pray
I know the law wont be forgiving
But thatll be the choice I made
I used to farm for a living
And now Im in the growing trade
I used to farm for a living
And now Im in the growing trade