Life In The Old Farm Town Song Lyrics and Chords by Bill Emerson
Life In The Old Farm Town
Recorded by Bill Emerson and Sweet Dixie
Written by Vince Gill
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The sun's burning
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down on
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this cold hard
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ground
There ain't no sign of rain for miles
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All the
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old timers
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say it
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looks just like the dust bowl
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days
That's life in the
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old farm
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town
There's a big city
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man that
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holds the mortgage on the
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land
The first of every month he comes
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around
He says
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son if you can't
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pay then
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you'd best be on your
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way
That's life in the
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old farm
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town
Now they'll
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sell his John Deere
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tractor
And they'll
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sell his forty acres and his
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plow
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Three kids and a wife man it
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just don't seem
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life in the
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old farm
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town
So with his back against the
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wall and
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no pride left at
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all
You could hear the rifle sing for miles
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All his
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friends gathered
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round when
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they heard that fatal
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sound
That's life in the
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old farm
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town
Well they
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sold his John Deere
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tractor
And they
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sold his forty acres and his
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plow
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When they laid him in the ground
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Lord it rained for miles
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life in the
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old farm
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town
That's
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life in the
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Life In The Old Farm Town?
- The song Life In The Old Farm Town was sang by Bill Emerson.
Who is Bill Emerson?
- Norvell William Emerson (January 1, 1938 - June 22, 1996) was an American politician from Missouri. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 until his death from lung cancer in Bethesda, Maryland in 1996. He was succeeded in the House by his widow, Jo Ann Emerson. Emerson was a Republican.
