More Than I Can Handle
By John D Hale Band
9/22/2012
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Well the banker man said we can't borrow no more
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Well the feed man ? there will be no more corn
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There's not a bale in the loft, my cows skinny as a rail
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Well the pasture's are brown, this place looks like hell
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But I keep workin this land, there's no rest for the broke
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I beg the banker man to defer another note
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Grounds too wet, it's too damn dry
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My tractor just sits cause the diesel's too high
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Can't afford hay, I guess I'll sell my cattle
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I think this time around could be more than I can handle
That's when the thangs was lookin up and in the spring it come a flood
Well it turned this prime farm ground into Mississippi mud
And in the summer came a sun, yeah and it dried up all the rain
And it didn't quit shinin' till it burned up everything
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Meanwhile the bills keep stackin up, collectors call me everyday
Well I'm in too deep to walk away and let the bank take everything
Well all I need is one good year, I'll dig myself out of the ditch
Well my daddy made it look easy but lately farmin's been a b***h
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Well I can hear my daddy now, he'd kick the dirt and cuss the ground
He'd say "Someday ?? this farm will break a man down
Lookin back on it now, well I wish I would-a listened
Instead of saddlin' my life into this agricultural prison
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Well I think this time around might be more than I can handle