They Won't Have Me

They won't have me, but I love this place
The rural life is broken
The farmland's gone to chaff
My hands are idle and my mind needs rest
The toil of the decent and the sleep of the best

I sit in diners with all the old men
And they talk of work
Cause it's all they ever did
And they gave their hearts to Jesus
And got serious
And they gave up their drinking
And they worked for this
Nothing, nothing

All this love to offer, all this love to waste
All this love to offer, all this love to waste

Lame dog on the highway
Where the old road used to be
You know what divides us
Is just a difference someone made
Some got tired of trying
Some were just too scared to stay
We gave ourselves to nothing
And we let 'em have their day

Who's gonna do the planting
Who's gonna pray for rain?
Who's gonna keep the farmland
From the subdivision man?
Nothing, nothing
Nothing, nothing

And it's all this love to offer
All this love to waste