OLD MAN'S LAND Priscilla C. / Genre: Country / Tempo: Mid tempo ▶ OLD MAN'S LAND 0:00 0:00 Note to Instructor No Notes Available + Backstory Click to expand This song is about a young man who works hard and keeps up the family tradition of farming even though his friends go off and carve out their own lives Lyrics OLD MAN'S LANDHE'S UP BEFORE THE SUNRISE, PLANNING OUT HIS DAYPEEKING THROUGH THE BLINDS HOPING RAIN WILL STAY AWAYCUTTING TREES AND WATCHING CROPS, HAULING BALES TO FEED THE LIVESTOCKTOILING IN THE FIELDS LIKE HIS GRANDPA OFTEN DIDIT WAS IN HIS BLOOD FROM WHEN HE WAS A CHILDA FAMILY TRADITION TO BE KEPT ALIVECHORUSHE'S A YOUNG MAN ON AN OLD MAN'S LANDNO 9-5, WORKING ALL HE CANPLOWING A FURROW WITH GOD'S GUIDING HANDA YOUNG MAN ON AN OLD MAN'S LANDVERSE 2HIS FRIENDS WENT TO COLLEGE AND CARVED OUT THEIR OWN LIVESDAVID'S IN NEW YORK AND WORKS THERE WITH HIS WIFEBRIAN JOINED THE RED SOX AT THE AGE OF 22NOW IN HIS FOURTH SEASON THE TOWN'S FAVOURITE SONTHEIR WORLDS HAVE DRIFTED APART HE COULD HAVE MOVED TOO BUT IT WASN'T IN HIS HEARTCHORUSBRIDGEWORKING THE FARM HAS MADE HIM A BETTER MANHUMBLE IN THE GOOD TIMES AND STRONG IN THE BADCHORUS
