It's waking up in the pitch black Coffee in a cup, out the door 'fore the dawn cracks A quick prayer in the barn, "Lord, we sure could use some rain" Climb on up in the tractor Take a hundred laps, wake the kids up after Get a quick kiss from your baby, then it's time to start the day It's giving all you've got to give, then going ten steps farther It's a dusty cap and coveralls that you put on like armor The days are long, the work is hard But your calloused hands are harder The only thing tougher than the farm, is the farmer It's dinner time at sunset Knowing that a bunch of folks that you ain't met Can gather 'round the table, with enough to pass around It's good dog and a dirty truck, a hand helping your neighbor up It's the whole counting on us, and we ain't gonna let 'em down It's giving all you've got to give, then going ten steps farther It's a dusty cap and coveralls that you put on like armor The days are long, the work is hard But your calloused hands are harder The only thing tougher than the farm, is the farmer Steady as a fence post Shoot you straighter than a corn row The world needs 'em, God knows That's why he made the farmer It's giving all you've got to give, then going ten steps farther It's a dusty cap and coveralls that you put on like armor The days are long, the work is hard But your calloused hands are harder Yeah, the only thing tougher than the farm, is the farmer, mm-mm

Boy, you're gonna know it all You'll think you're ten feet tall And run like you're bulletproof And total a car or two Boy, you're gonna hate this town, Wish you could burn it down That fire in your eyes is twenty counties wide But boy, you're gonna love seventeen And boy, you'll do some stupid things You're gonna drive and kiss And throw a punch And grow up way too fast You're gonna drop the ball Hit the wall And break some hearts like glass I know you will, 'cause you're a part of me And a part of you will always be a boy You're gonna be so stubborn You get that from your mother I already see it now, you weren't built for backing down And boy, there'll be a small town nights And you'll fall for her sky-blue eyes And when she's in your hands You'll think you're a man and not a boy She'll make you lose your mind, boy She'll be every reason why You're gonna drive and kiss And throw a punch And grow up way too fast You're gonna drop the ball Hit the wall And break some hearts like glass I know you will, 'cause you're a part of me And a part of you will always be my boy It's 3am and I'd do anything to get you back to sleep And that face will be the same one in the rear-view The day I watch you leave But boy, you're gonna come back home You're gonna settle down But you won't feel the way I'm feelin' now Until you have a boy He's gonna know it all He'll think he's ten feet tall And run like he's bulletproof And total a car or two