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well John Voorpostel came up with this idea.I'd like to mention him as co-writer if he doesn't mind.There's some bits and pieces of his included in here.Thanks John!

Buying The Farm

I grew old living the dream
Down here on the farm
Heaven on Earth is how it seems
With all its country charm

The rooster crows corn grows tall
Cows out in the field
We reap and sow through spring and fall
With a prayer to seal the deal

The last sunset hits mmy eyes
To my crop of children i say goodbye
Bring me top 'o the hill where it's shady
I'll watch over it all pushing up daisies
I borrowed this land since i was born
Now it's my time,to buy the farm

I loved this life the good and bad
Now my fences all been mended
Turn out the light and hang my hat
My days have finally ended

The last sunset hits my eyes
To my crop of children i say goodbye
Bring me top 'o the hill where it's shady
I'll watch over it all pushing up daisies
I borrowed this land since i was born
Now it's my time,to buy the farm

Now that ol mule can rest and enjoy these forty acres
While i'm getting my wings and go happily meet my maker

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I would say both country living and city living have their good points and bad points.

Nice to see it posted Michael..happy yard sailing this weekend.

yeah Jim but i'll take the country livin' and a little bit of that city night life.Mike

thank ya John!Well i'll be setting up this Saturday at a big flea market,instead of browsing,i''m hopin' to be sellin'.Mike

Another good homely lyric this morning full of what many see as an idyllic lifestyle others like my wife who is country born hated the life.
Agood collab guys
Travis

We actually ended up with two versions of the idea...to only allude to death while writing about buying the farm.

So here's the other version.


Buy a farm
© 2016 Michael LeBlanc and John Voorpostel


I have a dream to grow old, buy a farm
Live a little bit of that country charm
It's a wonderful gift, what a place to live
Keeps on giving to me every dawn

Want my days to end, on my own piece of land
I know that I can find it just around the bend
Where the corn grows tall, every spring to fall
Then the reaper comes out to cut it all down

I want to buy a farm
I want to buy a farm
Singing old time, good time songs
Every night when the sun goes down

I said I'm ready to work, to buy a farm
I know there's always gonna be a lot going on
Lots of time to get lazy when I'm pushing up daisies
In the meantime I know what I want

Some chickens, a rooster and a pot bellied pig
Mending lots of fences there is never an end to this
Working and straining ‘till the light is fading
Long as the reaper lets me live

I want to buy a farm
I want to buy a farm
Singing old time, good time songs
Every night when the sun goes down

A man came by and said "don't fret on working every acre"
"That's too intense and in the end, when all your energy is spent
you'll only meet your maker"

I want to buy a farm
I want to buy a farm
Singing old time, good time songs
At our front porch marathon
It's a shindig sing along
Every night when the sun goes down

Hi Mike,

I like both you and John's version. Same idea, just wrote differently. Hope your market sells went well. Nice writing as always.

thanx for the read Travis.it is hard work on a farm so i guess your wife married a city slicker.Mike

hey John,good to see you post yours and a nice write it is!Mike

thanx for the visit Wesley!Sales were pretty good,lots of fun.Mike

great one , again. you surely know how to tell a story LOL ...