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Thirty Years Of Farming
James King
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There's a little white note on the gate by the road
That a man put up yesterday
And when we saw it, we all ran out
Just to see what it had to say
And when we read it, our eyes filled with tears
And we fell to the cold hard clay
Something about a mortgage, something about foreclosure
Something about failing to pay
Oh, and on the post by the general store
They put up a little sign
An auction sale, day after tomorrow
At the end of Lincoln Line
30 years of farming, 30 years of heartache
30 years of day to day
Oh, my daddy stopped talking
The day the farm was auctioned
There was nothing left to say
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Oh, my mama's tears fell freely down
As she walked among the flowers in the yard
And every number the auctioneer called
Was like a blow to her precious heart
And every number the auctioneer called
Meant another thing was sold that day
While everything was auctioned, we stood there watching
While they loaded it and drove it away
And on the post by the general store
They put up a little sign
An auction sale, day after tomorrow
At the end of Lincoln Line
30 years of farming, 30 years of heartache
30 years of day to day
Oh, my daddy stopped talking
The day the farm was auctioned
There was nothing left to say
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At the day's first dawning, we woke this morning
There was nothing for us to do
Nothing in the granary, no hay in the meadow
No cattle, no tractor, no tools
So we loaded up the car, took the clothes we wore
And a few things we managed to save
Mama read from the book, we took one last look
And then we drove away
And on the post by the general store
They put up a little sign
An auction sale, day after tomorrow
At the end of Lincoln Line
30 years of farming, 30 years of heartache
30 years of day to day
Oh, my daddy stopped talking
The day the farm was auctioned
There was nothing left to say
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