Talk about an uphill battle
Two-thousand acres of
beans and cattle
But he don't ever get rattled
He just goes 'til the sun
goes down
Hydraulic fluid on his jeans
Red dye diesel and
ten rows between
A cold one on the porch
And a good nights of sleep
Y'all hold 'em up with me now
Here's to the farmer that plants
the fields in the spring
That turn from green to that
harvest honey
Hold one up
for the banker downtown
That got him on his feet
with handshake money
Here's to the farmer's wife
That loves him every night
Raisin' a son
Raisin' a daughter
They gather 'round the table
Send it up to the Father
Somehow they get closer
when times get harder
Here's to the farmer
Subdivision's creepin' on in
Neighborhood kids keep
jumpin' his fence
He could double his money
But that'd be the end of a
promise he'd never break
'Cause he looked his
daddy in the eye
And he's got that
stubborn pride
He'll be here 'til the
day he dies
No he wouldn't have it
any other way
Here's to the farmer that plants
the fields in the spring
That turn from green to that
harvest honey
Hold one up
for the banker downtown
That got him on his feet
with handshake money
Here's to the farmer's wife
That loves him every night
Raisin' a son
Raisin' a daughter
They gather 'round the table
Send it up to the Father
Somehow they get closer
when times get harder
Here's to the farmer
Yeah
Here's to the farmer that loves
his day in the sun
Won't sell that old half-ton
Nobody knows better 'bout a
hard-earned dollar
Just tell him how far he's gotta
go and he'll go farther
Here's to the farmer
Here's to the farmer
Thank you boys