well the fields are all paved
and the slabs have been laid
for the sub division and the mall
there are opportunities
in the petroleum industries

but there's still a little country in us all
we're a long way from the farm
but there's an old nag in that barn
i'm gonna ride down the highway sitting tall
there are chickens in my yard
and i still work too damn hard
'cause there's still a little country in us all

my son he works off shore
on an oil platform
my daughter works inside fielding calls
for a man in an office
counting beans and drinking coffee
but there's still a little country in them all

they're a long way from the farm...

now the judge incarcerated
mickey for a drug related
crime, the writing was on the wall
mickey had some priors
so it came as no surprise for
there's still a little country in us all

we're a long way from the farm,,,

well the fields are all paved
and the slabs have been laid
but there's still a little country in us all.

©2003 Mike West

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