Lyrics

DON'T WANNA WORK THE FARM

There's sixty miles of blacktop, between his dreams and the land he loves
No matter what they say, he can't stop, chasing down the dreams he's dreaming of
He was his father's only son, he tried hard not to let him down
His father hoped he'd be the one, who'd work the land just the way that he had done

But he don't wanna work the farm, he don't wanna settle down
He just wants to write a song, and maybe the world would sing along
He don't wanna work the farm, he just wants to sing his song
He don't wanna hurt no one, he just don't wanna work the farm

Today they're putting the sign up; they're selling the farm after all these years
And now his father's hopes are lined up, on a shelf somewhere between his heartache and his tears

Every now and then he goes back, to that old farm and those fields of grain
And somewhere deep inside he knows that, if he had it to do over, he'd do it all the same again

Cause he don't wanna work the farm, he don't wanna settle down
He just wants to write a song, and maybe the world would sing along
He don't wanna work the farm, he just wants to sing his song
He don't wanna hurt no one, he just don't wanna work the farm