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Old John Deere
Fred Eaglesmith

This letter that I write to you, Dad

Well, I will not sign my name

Though I did not want to tell you

I felt I had to anyway

It's rained for weeks

And it flooded the creek

And I lost the whole crop of grain

And the man at the bank wouldn't loan me the money

To plant that field again

So today Dad I sold the old John Deere

The man who bought it is gonna fix it up

And put it in a museum

Well I guess that's where this whole thing's gone

A picture for people to pay to look upon

That's how they lived in the old days son

The sheep's in the meadow

Can't find the cows

Little Boy Blue's got a job in town

Yesterday old Mcallister came by

Said that he's had enough

Between the government and the subsidies

Well he just couldn't keep up

And if welfare checks was farmin'

Well he'd simply just rather not

And I didn't say nothin' Dad

As I watched him drive off

But today Dad I sold the old John Deere

The man who bought it is gonna fix it up

And put it in a museum

Well I guess that's where this whole thing's gone

A picture for people to pay to look upon

That's how they lived in the old days son

The sheep's in the meadow

Can't find the cows

Little Boy Blue's got a job in town

Mary says it will be okay

If nothing else goes wrong

And she got a job at the five-and-dime

And the hours ain't too long

I hope this letter finds you well

I'm sorry how it just goes on

But I had to tell somebody Dad

And you were the only one

And today Dad I sold the old John Deere


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