Farmer's Life

Farmer’s Life (male version) Writers: Gary Best / Bruce Scism Five o’clock in the morning I don’t want to get out of bed But there’s weeds in the beans and more in the corn The cattle have to be fed The barn needs some fixin’ there’s fence falling down The sky’s turned cloudy and red The rooster is crowing the coon dog is howling Sometime I wish I were dead In town they call me a plowboy I can’t say that it bothers me I’d rather be known as a plowboy Than something that they’d make of me I’ve heard about far away places I watch them on tv But I’ve got a wife eighteen years old And a bank that owns most of me I’d love to sail on the ocean I’d love to swim in the sea But I’ll never go there It’s a farmer’s life for me I’d love to sail on the ocean I’d love to swim in the sea But I’ll never go there It’s a farmer’s life for me I’d love to sail on the ocean I’d love to swim in the sea But I’ll never go there It’s a farmer’s life for me