Growing Trade-Levon Helm

[00:08.940]I worked the land to raise a family [00:13.310]Til I was weary to the bone [00:18.760]But hard labor never bothered me [00:22.200]Lord it's all I've ever known [00:26.370]Too many seasons of calamity [00:30.670]And too much interest on the loan [00:36.060]I'm half the size that I used to be [00:39.950]And half of that is stone [00:44.760]The crops ain't worth the seeding10 will only get you 5 [00:53.410]The live stock I'm a feeding [00:56.720]I can hardly keep 'em alive [01:00.970]I gotta do what I can to survive [01:07.710]I know the law won't be forgiving [01:12.200]But that'll be the choice I made [01:16.100]I used to farm for a living [01:21.010]And now I'm in the growing trade [01:33.800]The summer beauty of the cotton field [01:37.950]Was like a view from Heaven's door [01:43.300]My granddaddy said that harvest time [01:46.590]Was what the good Lord made us for [01:50.790]I guess he'd wonder where's the dignity [01:55.240]In a crop you raise to burn [02:00.310]But this land is my legacy [02:03.730]I got nowhere else to turn [02:09.160]Shotgun on my shoulder [02:12.450]Where a tote sack oughta be [02:17.590]The thieves are getting bolder [02:20.750]And the feds may be watching me [02:24.990]I gotta quit this eventually [02:31.580]I know the law won't be forgiving [02:36.000]But that'll be the choice I made [02:40.010]I used to farm for a living [02:44.890]But now I'm in the growing trade [02:50.840]Helicopters in the distance [02:55.090]Coming closer everyday [02:59.510]They're gonna meet some resistance [03:03.360]Aint no price I wouldn't pay [03:08.590]There won't be any difference [03:11.900]When they take it all away [03:16.930]Between a cot in the jail house [03:20.240]And a bed beneath the clay [03:24.500]I guess there's nothing to do now but pray [03:30.970]I know the law won't be forgiving [03:35.630]But that'll be the choice I made [03:39.560]I used to farm for a living [03:44.300]And now I'm in the growing trade [03:50.110]I used to farm for a living [03:54.340]And now I'm in the growing trade