The Old John Deere

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This letter that I write to you, 
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Dad, Well I will not sign my name.

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Though I did not want to tell you,
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 I felt I had to anyway.

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Well, it rained for weeks and it 
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flooded the creek, and I lost the 
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whole crop of grain

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And the man at the bank wouldn't 
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loan me the money to plant that 
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field again, so

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Today, Dad, I sold the old John 
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Deere.
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The man who bought it's gonna fix 
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it up and put it in a museum.
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Well I guess that's where this whole
 thing's gone.
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A picture for people to pay to look
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 upon. That's how they lived in the 
old days, son.
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Sheep's in the meadow, can't find 
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the cows, and little boy blue's got
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 a job in town.

yesterday old McAllister came by and
 said that he's had enough.
Between the government and the 
subsidies, well he just couldn't 
keep up.
And if welfare cheques was 
farming,well he'd simply just rather
 not.
And I didn't say nothing, Dad, as I 
watched him drive off,but

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Mary says it'll be okay, if nothing 
else goes wrong.
And she got a job at the five and 
dime, and the hours aint too long.
I hope this letter finds you well. 
I'm sorry how it just goes on.
But I had to tell somebody, Dad, and
 you were the only one.
And today, Dad, I sold the old John 
Deere.