A Stronger
Prayer
Lyrics by K. Pierce
Genre:
Pure Country
This old
farm weighs heavy
after twenty years comin' down.
The fields need tendin'
this heart
needs mendin'
those green pastures long ran out.
Bank man said we'd better go
before it's
time to close
but I say hang on, I say keep on...
'cause these troubled fields are all I know.
(Hook)
'Cause
right here
it's a softer day
a warmer rain
the gentle sway
that
keeps me 'round this place
It's
all right here
I wanna stay
but all I've got to give
is a stronger prayer
.............and another day.
So many miles in these worn out boots
the horses
are lookin' pretty tired too
our yields' all gone
barely enough ...........to pay for food.
But I was
born right here
in these old green fields
raised by hard workin' hands
................and faith as strong as any steel.
So I say hang on, I say keep on...
these troubled fields are all I know.
(Hook)
'Cause
right here
it's a softer day
a warmer rain
the gentle sway
that
keeps me 'round this place
My
life is here
I wanna stay
but all I've got to give
is a stronger prayer
.............and another day.
Bank man came today
in a shiny
fancy car
took the papers out
and handed me my heart.
I said "Yes sir. It'll be real soon
just let my family have some time
to say
goodbye.......
to the softer days
the warm rain
the gentle
sway
that keeps us 'round this place
I've
given sweat and tears
every ounce of blood
and all of fifty years
these
times are hard
barely gettin' by
it takes more and more
............just
to survive.
So I'll
say goodbye
and I may be gone
but my heart remains.....in
these troubled fields that I called home."
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