If the amber waves of grain should disappear And there were no wheat or barley anywhere Would we buy our bread and bu*ter from the Toyota man Would an Idaho spud be stamped "Made In Japan" The farm just won't get tended if the farmer isn't here And the amber waves of grain may disappear There's a railroad train that's on it's way to nowhere Never to return again this way Will the future farmer board this train to nowhere Is there nothin' we can do to help him stay Can we get rid of that foreign aid to the farmer over here Or the amber waves of grain may disappear The amber waves of grain should disappear And there were no wheat or barley anywhere Would we buy our bread and bu*ter from the Toyota man Would an Idaho spud be stamped "Made In Japan" Can we sink a bit of some foreign aid for the farmer over here Or the amber waves of grain may disappear