Government Man

歌詞

Got word from home this morning it told a sorry tale indeed It was hard to bare the news about the family I broke right down and cried Last time I'd been home calling things were really looking fine It broke my heart to hear about the mess your in And now you've gone and moved Man came without a warning riding on a title deed He'd come back to tell them all they'd have to leave the land Didn't tell them why 20 years you worked the base line now you told you got to leave It ain't fair to ask a man to lay his living down His family got to eat You don't buy the government man My pa had took it bad He tried to make a one man stand Walked out alone and tried to fight My mama begged the government man to call off all his men If he promises not to take his life we'll be moved out of here by the dawn And you'll never, never see us no more God gives the good the answer working hard trying to be But its tough to see the other side getting rich and fat When you hardly make the pay Drained dry from working too hard you got to find another home It was hard to break the land and a crop to grow They never understand You don't buy the government man My pa had took it bad He tried to make a one man stand Walked out alone and tried to fight My mama begged the government man to call off all his men If he promises not to take his life we'll be moved out of here by the dawn And you'll never, never see us no more Government man got a heart of stone Run up the land and took away their home Going South, in the end I had to hit the road home You don't buy the government man My pa had took it bad He tried to make a one man stand Walked out alone and tried to fight My mama begged the government man to call off all his men If he promises not to take his life we'll be moved out of here by the dawn And you'll never, never see us no more