sittin' by myself in the summertime
when the heat is burnin' down
watchin' the golden crops in the field just growin' without a sound
i was a boy raised in the country and it's still a part of me
and you see no matter where i go it's a beautiful memory
rise with sun at the break of day
lookin' out my window
it's the same as yesterday
sittin' under an old oak tree
pickin' my guitar in the shade
that old tree spreadin' over my head is the closest friend i made
just me and some lonely wooden music
floatin' through air
the grass is rustlin' and the birds are singin' and my heart don't have a care
still another day finds me in the fields
sweat is soakin' up my ragged clothes
but i'd rather work than steal
watchin' the sun settle down over open texas land
looking at the cattle
and the horses runnin' wild as they can
life was different in the old days
you just get a day's work done
when you were finished workin' in the fields
there was chores at home to be done
i was always hearin' music
always wanna play me some
as a full-time friend or the way to ease the end of a woman that swayed me some
hearin' those tunes always had a way of soothin' out my soul
when times got hard and work got slow it was music that kept me whole
sun beatin' down through the trees
gets so hot bring a workin' man to his knees
part of my heart
part of my soul
part of a melody
hands are clappin' and people swayin' in simple harmony
life was different in the old days
you just get a day's work done
when you finished workin' in the fields there was chores at home to be done
late in the evenin' on the front porch when the sun is settin' in the west
me and the boys pass around the bottle and sing what we like best
sing about our wives
sing about our children
singin' out the delta blues
we're simple folks and we like it that way
got nothin' left to lose
part of my heart
part of my soul
part of a melody
hands are clappin' and people swayin' in simple harmony
life was different in the old days
you just get a day's work done
when you finished workin' in the fields there was chores at home to be done
singing a lullaby