GOD MADE A FARMER
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And on the eighth day
God looked down on his planned paradise
And said, "I need a caretaker"
So God made a farmer, so God made a farmer
God said, "I need somebody
Willing to get up before dawn, milk cows
Work all day in the fields, milk cows again
Eat supper then go to town and stay past midnight
At the meeting of the school board"
So God made a farmer
God said, "I need somebody willing to sit up all night
With a newborn colt and watch it die
And dry his eyes and say maybe next year
I need somebody who can shape an axe handle
From a persimmon sprout, shoe a horse with a hunk of car tire
Who can make harness out of haywire, feed sacks and shoe scraps
Who planting time and harvest season
Will finish his 40 hour week by Tuesday noon
And then pain'n from tractor back, put in another 72 hours"
So God made a farmer
God made a farmer, God made a man
To care for everything across the land
He gave him everything He knew he'd understand
Why God made a farmer, so God made a farmer
God said, "I need somebody strong enough to clear trees
And heave bales, yet gentle enough to yean lambs
And wean pigs, and tend the pink-combed pullets
Who will stop his mower for an hour to splint the broken leg
Of a meadow lark", so God made a farmer
It had to be somebody who'd plow deep and straight
And not cut corners, somebody to seed, weed, feed, breed
And rake and disc and plow and plant
And tie the fleece and strain the milk
Somebody who would bale a family together
With the soft strong bonds of sharing
Who would laugh and then sigh and then reply with smiling eyes
When his son says that he wants to spend his life
Doing what dad does, so God made a farmer
God made a farmer, God made a man
To care for everything across the land
He gave him everything He knew he'd understand
Why God made a farmer, so God made a farmer
(So God made a farmer)
God made a farmer, God made a man
To care for everything across the land
He gave him everything He knew he'd understand
Why God made a farmer, so God made a farmer
(So God made a farmer)
God made a farmer
God made a man
God made a farmer
God made a farmer
(So God made a farmer)