Broken Heartland

歌詞

He climbs up on his John Deere Shoves a plug of Redman in his jaw His eyes stretch 'cross the valley Way down to where they're putting up a mall His baseball cap says Kansas The Washington says how much he can grow There's a bank note in his pocket That says in 30 days they'll have his home It's hard living in a broken heartland It's enough to break a man and his beliefs Lord give him strength to mend this broken heartland 'Cause he's living proof of a dying breed His sons gone off to college Learning skills that'll get him off the farm And his wife just keeps it all inside Still he finds his only comfort in her arms And this tractors been his treasure Oh, how could an auction measure its true worth And every night he asks the Father That he may never lose this mother earth It's hard living in a broken heartland It's enough to break a man and his beliefs Lord give him strength to mend this broken heartland 'Cause he's living proof of a dying breed Lord give him strength to mend this broken heartland 'Cause he's living proof of a dying breed...