THE FARM (Nancy Moore)
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