THAT OLD TRACTOR Written By: Norm Cheney Music and Additional Lyrics by Barry P. Foley © 14 Sep 2005/22 Nov 2014
Spoken: My grand daddy was born 1890 in Kentucky He bought this farm in ‘25 tryin' to get out of those coal mines alive Well, he made it through the depression and even the 2nd World War But that old coal dust caught up with him, I think back in 1954 He gave the farm to my daddy, six months before he died Daddy did pretty good with raising four kids,.he even made a profit for a while He struggled those last ten years, then his health finally gave way He up and suprized me when he gave me the farm one day Before he died, he made me promise, I’d keep it in the family name
1ST Chorus That old tractor sits and waits for another spring But there won’t be one this year The soil will be left dormant no plow will touch this land There’s so many reasons, but that old tractor won’t understand
The price of crops has dropped, to low to plant Each year its gotten worse, I don’t know what to do Because of last year's losses I can’t afford the gas I’ll be damned if I’ll spend 3 weeks plowing away my ass
2nd Chorus That old tractor sits and waits for another spring But there won’t be one this year Eighty years we’ve been here fourscore and hope for more I promised daddy, I’d keep if for eighty more
I put solar panels on fifty acres Bunch of windmills out spinning in the fields Make some use of all the wind and sun We'll save this farm, and the fight has just begun
Repeat 2nd Chorus (1st line spoken)
TAG: Play Chorus " Ya know, John Deere makes one heck of tractor, .........but they all rust after a while"
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