Joe Ely-All That You Need Album-Streets Of Sin E I been workin on the farm, just me and my brother jack E Chopping a sea of cotton, till I thought I'd break my back B7 Everything changed, when my daddy got hurt E Our lives were so connected, to that brown old flatland dirt When the government man from austin, come sniffin around our land Asking a bunch of questions, that we did not understand There's more to farminG cotton, than just tending to your seed The ones who set the policy, don't give a damn about our needs Chorus: A7 E Sow the seed in the ground below B7 E Fall to your knees and pray real slow A7 E That rain will come and kiss the seed B7 E And bless you with all that you need Mama says to jackie, would you bring the car around She's wearin her finest dress, that's how I know she's goin to town I wish I'd never seen that letter, that I found there in her room They're selling the farm on the courthouse step, this saturday afternoon Me and jack moved into town, to a shack by the train depot Jack got a job as a bouncer, at a bar on paradise Row Mama got a job in the cotton gin, grading cotton by the bale She cried when a trailor full of cotton come in, from the farm we had to sell Chorus: Sow the seed in the ground below Fall to your knees and pray real slow That rain will come and kiss the seed And bless you with all that you need Me I ended up in jail, sick of living on welfare And the hardest thing ever happend to me, is when mama come to vist me there Don't you worry your pretty little head, I said as I buttoned my shirt When I get out of this iron hotel, I'm going back to that Dryland dirt For some its just a living, but for us its our whole life If it kills me I'm gonna rake that dirt, and make a living out of toil and strife The ways of the cities makes no sense, strapped to dependency I'd rather be sweating neath a clear blue sky, planting cotton with my family Chorus: Sow the seed in the ground below Fall to your knees and pray real slow That rain will come and kiss the seed And bless you with all that you need