american farmer

see that man in the field over yonder

with dirt on his hands and a loan on his back

he's the man that puts the food on your table

he's the man that grows the clothes on your back

were running a mile out of the house he was born in

tending on the sidelines and watching him fall

selling his land to the big corporations

what you gonna do when they get it all

he's been rolled for sure treated like a outlaw

turned down sold out

put out to graze

he's been pushed you know when he can push no more

it gets a little harder everyday

he's the american farmer

and he damn hard to beat

better wake up america

wake up america

coz if the man don't work then the people don't eat

he's sending the high tech stuff of to russia

i can't figure what where doing it for

we should be sending the wheat and meat and cotton

coz a loaf of bread never started no war

see that man in the middle of city

eatin' outta garbage cans

sleepin' in the street

see that baby

moping in the kitty

to make ends meet

it's a damn disgrace on the face of america

hungry people everywhere you go

children in africa starving by the fields

while the land lays fallow and the banks foreclose

he's the american farmer

and he damn hard to beat

better wake up america

wake up america

coz if the man don't work then the people don't eat

he's an american

he's an american

he's an american

american farmer

never him through

coz if he goes down swinging

you better know where gonna go down swinging to

he's the american farmer

and he damn hard to beat

better wake up america

wake up america

coz if the man don't work then the people don't eat

i said the people don't eat

i said the people don't eat