HIS COWS GET LOOSE
AND RUN RIGHT THROUGH
THE FAST FOOD
PARKIN' LOTS
AND DADDY GETS CALLS
FROM THE MINI-MALLS
WHEN THEY'RE
DOWNWIND
FROM HIS HOGS
WHEN HIS TRACTOR
BACKS UP TRAFFIC
THE RECEPTION
AIN'T TOO WARM
THE CITY'S GROWIN'
AROUND HIM
BUT DADDY WON'T
SELL THE FARM
YOU CAN'T ROLL A ROCK
UP A HILL THAT STEEP
YOU CAN'T PULL ROOTS
WHEN THEY
RUN THAT DEEP
HE'S GONNA LIVE AND DIE
IN THE EYE
OF AN URBAN STORM
DADDY WON'T
SELL THE FARM
HE WORKED
AND SLAVED IN '68
HE BOUGHT THESE
FIELDS AND TREES
HE RAISED HIS CORN
AND A BIG RED BARN
AND A HEALTHY FAMILY
HE LEARNED TO LOVE
THE WOODLANDS
HE CAN'T STAND
TO DO 'EM HARM
THERE'S CONCRETE
ALL AROUND HIM
BUT DADDY WON'T
SELL THE FARM
YOU CAN'T ROLL A ROCK
UP A HILL THAT STEEP
YOU CAN'T PULL ROOTS
WHEN THEY
RUN THAT DEEP
HE'S GONNA LIVE AND DIE
IN THE EYE
OF AN URBAN STORM
DADDY WON'T
SELL THE FARM
ONE DAY HE'S GONNA
LEAVE IT ALL TO ME
AND I'LL START
MY OWN BRANCH
OF THE FAMILY TREE
THEY'LL GET
THE MESSAGE
WRITTEN ON THE ROOF
OF THE BARN
DADDY WON'T
SELL THE FARM
YOU CAN'T ROLL A ROCK
UP A HILL THAT STEEP
YOU CAN'T PULL ROOTS
WHEN THEY
RUN THAT DEEP
HE'S GONNA LIVE AND DIE
IN THE EYE OF
AN URBAN STORM
DADDY WON'T
SELL THE FARM
WE'RE GONNA
LIVE AND DIE
IN THE EYE OF
AN URBAN STORM
DADDY WON'T
SELL THE FARM
AW YOU KNOW
A COUNTRY BOY
CAN SURVIVE