Legacy
(Young man voice)
Broken hands and broken dirt,
can't complain my bones hurt.
Land is broke and seed is sown,
Hardest work I've ever known,
Build this house and plant a tree
This will be my legacy
School was missed, time After time,
For chores and work, but I didn’t mind
Crops are in, and cows are fed,
It's late I'm beat, it's time for bed
I dream of things that you can't see,
This will be my legacy
I grew up quick, then found a wife
My blistered hands have built a life
A cowboys life can be alone,
But she's the best I've ever known...
Barely holding on, but she’s holding me
Gonna build - a legacy....
(Middle aged man)
Two hands are better than one they say,
Kids are born, but we're going grey
The ranch has grown, more cattle now
Bills are paid with calf and cow,
I see the light, I’m feeling free
This feels like a legacy
Hop on horses - cut some trails,
They say Daddy tells the tallest tales,
Bout cowboy life and common sense,
cut some logs then fix a fence.
I hold my kids on my knee
This feels like a legacy....
As time goes by now there's a need...
But it just hit a wall of greed,
All your work should be for me,
What about my sweat equi-ty?
100 years of blood and sweat,
Now filled with fear and past regret
Hands are out to take a token
Family's split, no words are spoken
(Old man voice)
Once was my only obsession
Has now been tied up in succession
All my effort, years of toil
Lawyers take my cash and soil
For years it never felt like labor
The ranch till now, was in gods favour
To build this land for generations
Now heartbreak plagues all my creation
Tied up now with legal battles,
With who did what and worked the cattle,
The joy once felt in unity,
Has all been lost to lunacy....
How dare you claim this all is yours,
And start all of these crazy wars...
I’m getting old, I’ll soon decease...
Now I just wish to die in peace.
I’ve given up, nothing matters
Can’t live through this family disaster
I’m 83, my body’s worn
Sell it all, my heart is torn
Make your millions, off my back
I think I feel a heart attack
Close my eyes, I’m finally free
There goes my legacy