《Farmer’s Luck》歌词

[00:00:00] Farmer's Luck - Jason Boland & The Stragglers

[00:00:00] Written by：Greg Jacobs

[00:00:06] Well my grandma read the phoenix

[00:00:08] From the front page to the back

[00:00:12] She read the editorials

[00:00:14] And the farmer's almanac

[00:00:18] One day she saw a headline

[00:00:21] That filled her heart with fear

[00:00:23] She said will they're gonna dam the river

[00:00:26] They're gonna move us outta here

[00:00:30] Well my granddad's name was will

[00:00:32] He was a farmer by his trade

[00:00:35] He grew soybeans and a cotton crop

[00:00:37] For what little living he made

[00:00:41] You know he always paid his taxes

[00:00:44] And he tried to do what's right

[00:00:47] Raised up eight strong children

[00:00:49] On that little bottom land site

[00:00:53] They gonna dam the deep fork river

[00:00:56] They're gonna build themselves a lake

[00:00:58] They're gonna dam the south canadian

[00:01:02] Whatever else it takes

[00:01:05] They're gonna bring in here some tourists

[00:01:08] They're gonna make themselves a buck

[00:01:10] They're gonna dam the deep fork river

[00:01:14] Damn the farmer's luck

[00:01:20] Well my granddad thought it over

[00:01:22] The next time he went to town

[00:01:26] He went to see the lawyer milam king

[00:01:27] He thought the smartest man around

[00:01:32] Milam said will you can't fight 'em

[00:01:34] The result will be the same

[00:01:37] I either sell your land or they'll take it

[00:01:39] They call that eminent domain

[00:01:44] Then they had their meeting

[00:01:46] In checotah on a hot summer day

[00:01:49] There were men there from the government

[00:01:51] To say what the government had to say

[00:01:55] Well my granddad listened patiently

[00:01:58] But it was more than he could hear

[00:02:00] He said leave our rivers alone boys

[00:02:03] And damn the corps of engineers

[00:02:07] They gonna dam the deep fork river

[00:02:10] They're gonna build themselves a lake

[00:02:12] They're gonna dam the south canadian

[00:02:16] Whatever else it takes

[00:02:19] They're gonna bring in here some tourists

[00:02:22] They're gonna make themselves a buck

[00:02:24] They're gonna dam the deep fork river

[00:02:28] Damn the farmer's luck

[00:02:57] Well my granddad had his doubts

[00:03:00] But ya know milam king was right

[00:03:02] You can't fight the rising waters

[00:03:05] You can't fight the government's might

[00:03:09] So they packed up their belongings

[00:03:12] And they moved to higher ground

[00:03:14] The water took that bottom land

[00:03:17] For many miles around

[00:03:21] When the dams were all completed

[00:03:24] And the locks were closed up tight

[00:03:27] They built a little podium

[00:03:29] And shot fireworks that night

[00:03:33] There were many speeches given

[00:03:35] And dignitaries all around

[00:03:38] Governor bellmon carl albert

[00:03:40] And even lbj came to town

[00:03:45] They gonna dam the deep fork river

[00:03:47] They're gonna build themselves a lake

[00:03:50] They're gonna dam the south canadian

[00:03:53] Whatever else it takes

[00:03:57] They're gonna bring in here some tourists

[00:03:59] They're gonna make themselves a buck

[00:04:02] They're gonna dam the deep fork river

[00:04:04] Damn the farmer's luck

[00:04:11] Well u don't know nothing about farming

[00:04:14] And you don't know nothing bout soil

[00:04:17] You live up there in tulsa

[00:04:19] And make your living off of oil

[00:04:23] But you're starved for entertainment

[00:04:26] The pressures you can't take

[00:04:28] So you load up the kids in the rv

[00:04:31] And you head out to the lake

[00:04:35] Now kick back in your lawn chair

[00:04:37] Ya got steaks on a propane grill

[00:04:40] A hard day of water skiing

[00:04:43] Another water thrill

[00:04:47] But down below the surface

[00:04:49] A story's longing to be told

[00:04:52] About cotton fields and bottom land

[00:04:55] And the home place that was sold

[00:04:58] They gonna dam the deep fork river

[00:05:01] They're gonna build themselves a lake

[00:05:04] They're gonna dam the south canadian

[00:05:07] Whatever else it takes

[00:05:10] They're gonna bring in here some tourists

[00:05:13] They're gonna make themselves a buck

[00:05:16] They're gonna dam the deep fork river

[00:05:19] Damn the farmer's luck

[00:05:21] They gonna dam the deep fork river

[00:05:24] Damn the farmer's luck