Patto Government Man
Got word from home this morning it told a sorry tale indeed
It was hard to bare the news about the family I broke right down and cried
Last time I'd been home calling things were really looking fine
It broke my heart to hear about the mess your in
And now you've gone and moved
Man came without a warning riding on a title deed
He'd come back to tell them all they'd have to leave the land
Didn't tell them why
20 years you worked the base line now you told you got to leave
It ain't fair to ask a man to lay his living down
His family got to eat
You don't buy the government man
My pa had took it bad
He tried to make a one man stand
Walked out alone and tried to fight
My mama begged the government man to call off all his men
If he promises not to take his life we'll be moved out of here by the dawn
And you'll never, never see us no more
God gives the good the answer working hard trying to be
But its tough to see the other side getting rich and fat
When you hardly make the pay
Drained dry from working too hard you got to find another home
It was hard to break the land and a crop to grow
They never understand
You don't buy the government man
My pa had took it bad
He tried to make a one man stand
Walked out alone and tried to fight
My mama begged the government man to call off all his men
If he promises not to take his life we'll be moved out of here by the dawn
And you'll never, never see us no more
Government man got a heart of stone
Run up the land and took away their home
Going South, in the end I had to hit the road home
You don't buy the government man
My pa had took it bad
He tried to make a one man stand
Walked out alone and tried to fight
My mama begged the government man to call off all his men
If he promises not to take his life we'll be moved out of here by the dawn
And you'll never, never see us no more