He had hard work caked
on his overalls
Sweat on his neck
Chaw in his jaw
When a stranger pulled up
And met him outside his barn
I said sir
I don't know if you ever would
But I build houses
and neighborhoods
And I was wonderin'
If you'd ever wanna sell
your farm
With his old dog barkin'
and runnin' around
He paused for a second
Spit on the ground
Then kicked a little gravel
Looked down and said
This is my dirt
These are my fields
Where I harvest what I plant
That little pond
I catch bluegill
I built that barn with
my two hands
Where I raised my babies
A piece of mе
Nah this ain't just a
piece of land
The monеy'd be great
But I can't part ways
with a life that works
You can't put a greenback
dollar on what it's worth
This is my dirt
Great granddaddy bought it
for a hundred an acre
He'd just got married
when he signed the papers
Him and his brothers
framed that old farmhouse
Every fence post here
we put in the ground
Ran the barbed wire
And pulled the plow
Every last hay bale
We baled it
Yeah I'd hate to be the first
to sell it
This is my dirt
These are my fields
Where I harvest what I plant
That little pond
I catch bluegill
I built that barn with
my two hands
Where I raised my babies
A piece of mе
Nah this ain't just a
piece of land
The monеy'd be great
But I can't part ways
with a life that works
You can't put a greenback
dollar on what it's worth
This is my dirt
This is where five generations
have prayed for rain
They'll cover me in it when the
good Lord calls my name
This is my dirt
These are my fields
Where I harvest what I plant
That little pond
I catch bluegill
I built that barn with
my two hands
Where I raised my babies
A piece of mе
Nah this ain't just a
piece of land
The monеy'd be great
But I can't part ways
with a life that works
You can't put a greenback
dollar on what it's worth
This is my dirt
Yeah this is my dirt
Yeah eah this is my dirt
Where I harvest what I plant
This is my dirt
Where I raised my babies
This is my dirt