Joe Ely - All That You Need lyrics

I been workin on the farm Just me and my brother Jack Choppin a sea of cotton Till I thought Id break my back Everything changed When my daddy got hurt Our lives were so connected to that brown ol flatland dirt When the government man from Austin Come sniffin around our land Askin a bunch of questions That we did not understand Theres more to farmin cotton Than just tendin to your seed The ones who set the policy Dont give a damn about our needs Sow the seed in the ground below Fall to your knees and pray real slow That rain will come and kiss the seed And Bless you with all that you need Mama says to Jackie Would she bring the car around? Shes wearin her finest dress Thats how I know shes goin to town I wish Id never seen that letter That I found there in her room Theyre sellin the farm on the courthouse step This Saturday afternoon Me and Jack moved into town To a shack by the train depot Jack got a job as a bouncer At a Bar on Paradise Row Mama got a job in the cotton gin Grading cotton by the bale She cried when a trailor full of cotton come in From the farm we had to sell Sow the seed in the ground below Fall to your knees and pray real slow That rain will come and kiss the seed And Bless you with all that you need Me, I ended up in jail Sick of livin on welfare And the hardest thing ever happend to me Is when mama come to vist me there Dont you worry your pretty little head I said as I bu*toned my shirt When I get out of this Iron Hotel Im goin back to that Dryland dirt For some its just a livin But for Us its our whole life If it k**s me Im gonna rake that dirt And make a livin out of toil and strife The ways of the cities makes no sense Strapped to dependency Id rather be sweatin aneath a clear blue sky Plantin cotton with my family Sow the seed in the ground below Fall to your knees and pray real slow That rain will come and kiss the seed And Bless you with all that you need