THE
FARM (Dean Sapp)
By: Dixie Hall (BMI)
CHORUS:
DADDY, OH DADDY, I WAS JUST THINKING
ISN'T IT TIME YOU SOLD THIS OLD FARM
DADDY, NO DADDY, I SAID JUST THINKING
THINKING DON'T DO ANY HARM
VERSE 1: DADDY YOU KNOW THAT MOST MEN OF YOUR AGE HAVE RETIRED
THE CLOSEST YOU'VE BEEN IS JUST WORKING IN MAMA'S FRONT
YARD
YOU HAVE SPENT HOURS, WHERE GRANDMAMA'S FLOWERS STILL GROW
AND YOU DON'T PLOW THE GROUND WHERE YOU BURIED THAT HOUND
LONG AGO
VERSE 2: REAL ESTATE'S UP AND YOU SAY THAT YOUR BACK HAS
BEEN DOWN
DAD, I WAS JUST THINKING YOU'D DO BETTER LIVING IN TOWN
NO SIR, THE OLD APPLE TREE NEVER HAD THIS MUCH BLOOM
YES, I'LL HELP YOU PICK THEM AROUND THE BEGINNING OF JUNE
VERSE 3: I MADE A PROMISE THAT I WOULD MAKE SURE YOU'RE
OKAY
BUT YOU DON'T HEAR THE PHONE AND IT'S SUCH A LONG DRIVE
EVERY DAY
YES, SIR I REMEMBER HOW YOU'D SADDLE UP THE OLD MULE
AND CARRY US CHILDREN BACK OVER THE MOUNTAIN FROM SCHOOL
CHORUS: DADDY, OH DADDY, I WAS JUST THINKING
MAYBE YOU'D BETTER NOT SELL THIS OLD FARM
DADDY, NO DADDY, I SAID JUST THINKING
REALLY, NO CAUSE FOR ALARM