songbook

Farming Town
J. P. Riemens (2005)

Seventeen and I was still learning,
Seventeen more, with you on my arm,
Your daddy always thought that I was crazy,
Crazy enough to stay on the farm

You know, we made it all so complicated,
This used to be a noble way to live,
Lately I've been getting so frustrated,
I've got nothing left to give

This ill wind has turned my head around,
And the sun has burned my skin to brown,
Give my one good reason why I should stay,
In this old farming town

My old neighbour's moved into the city,
He sold the homestead to some guy off shore,
He's got a satelite to steer his tractor,
An IBM to say what row to hoe

This used to be about friends and family,
Working hard, and living good,
But, there ain't nothing in my recent memory,
To make me feel the way I think it should

This ill wind has turned my head around,
And the sun has burned my skin to brown,
Give my one good reason why I should stay,
In this old farming town

"Things may get better", the faithful say,
But my mind's like the weather,
It changes every day,
It changes every day

This ill wind has turned my head around,
And the sun has burned my skin to brown,
Give my one good reason why I should stay,
In this old farming town