I worked the land to raise a family
Til I was weary to the bone
But hard labor never bothered me
Lord it's all I've ever known
Too many seasons are calamity
And too much ant to rest the whole night long
I'm half the size that I used to be
And half of that is stone
The crops ain't worth the seeding
10 will only get you 5
the last stock ima feedin'
I can hardly keep 'em alive
I gotta do what I can to survive
I know the law wont be forgiving
But that'll be the choice I make
I used to farm for a living
And now I'm in the growing trade
the summer beauty of the cotton field
was like a view from heavens door
my granddaddy said that harvest time
was what the good lord made us for
I guess he'd wonder where's the dignity
In a crop you raise to burn
But this land is my legacy
I got nowhere else to turn
Shotgun on my shoulder
Where a tote sack oughta be
The thieves are getting bolder
And the feds may be watchin' me
I gotta quit this eventually
I know the law wont be forgiving
But that'll be the choice I make
I used to farm for a living
But now I'm in the growing trade
Helicopters in the distance
Coming closer everyday
They're gonna meet some resistance
Aint no price I wouldn't pay
There won't be any difference
When they take it all away
Between the cop in the jail house
And the lay out beneath the clay
I guess there's nothing to do now but pray
I know the law wont be forgiving
But that'll be the choice I make
I used to farm for a living
And now I'm in the growing trade
The lyrics GROWING TRADE of LEVON HELM is also present in the album Electric dirt (2009)
Mark Levon Helm (1940-2012) è stato un musicista, cantante e attore statunitense di fama internazionale. Noto soprattutto per essere stato il batterista e voce principale del leggendario gruppo rock canadese The Band, Helm ha contribuito a plasmare l'identità sonora della musica folk-rock degli anni '60 e '70. Nato in Arkansas, Helm iniziò la sua carriera musicale suonando con diversi gruppi locali prima di unirsi a Bob Dylan nel 1965 come batterista per il suo tour mondiale. Nel 1968, Helm fondò The Band insieme ad altri musicisti talentuosi, tra cui Robbie Robertson e Rick Danko. Il gruppo raggiunse la fama internazionale grazie all'album d'esordio del 1969, *Music from Big Pink*, considerato un capolavoro del folk-rock. Helm si distinse per il suo stile vocale potente e rauco, che conferiva ai brani di The Band una carica emotiva unica. Tra i successi più celebri del gruppo ricordiamo *The Weight*, *Up on Cripple Creek* e *The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down*. Dopo lo scioglimento di The Band nel 1976, Helm continuò la sua carriera musicale come solista, pubblicando diversi album di successo. Nel 2005, Helm ricevette il Grammy Award per l'album *Dirt Farmer*, un progetto che riuniva elementi del country e del bluegrass. Nel corso della sua lunga carriera, Levon Helm ha collaborato con numerosi artisti di fama internazionale, tra cui Eric Clapton, Neil Young e Paul Butterfield. Nel 2012, Helm è morto a causa di un cancro al cancro al cervello all'età di 71 anni. La sua eredità musicale continua ad ispirare generazioni di musicisti.
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