On the Back 40
Album: Half a Lifetime
By: Jason Craig
By: Jason Craig
Duration
4:21
Genres
Description
This one's nothing more than my mom and dad's life together put to words and music. They say you write what you know, and every word in here's true...from the blind date to Vietnam to the country store we owned and lost to the farm crisis of the '80s. Growing up country can be tough...but the trials of life you go through really do end up as the ties that bind. That's what I learned from my time out "on the back 40."
Lyrics
On The Back 40 © 2008 Jason Craig All Rights Reserved She was a city girl he was a country boy A blind date became their start Wasn’t too long before he knew he had to win her heart So he joked and charmed his way into her home and family Then he drove her north to show her just how great their lives could be… They got married but soon his country called him off to war Stuck a half a world away from the woman he lived for So when he returned their goal became to find a home for kids Two sons later they moved north and that’s just what they did… on the back 40 Hard work and honor, trusting your life in the Lord above To laugh and cry and live and die with courage and with love Cause the trials of life you go through end up as the ties that bind And the road ahead is colored by the life you leave behind… on the back 40 On the back 40 They settled in, ran the general store, worked 16 hours a day Ten great years then the farmers left and they took that store away But we learned a dime you earned was the only dime that you deserved And we learned the best thing you could do was live your life to serve… on the back 40 Hard work and honor, trusting your life in the Lord above To laugh and cry and live and die with courage and with love Cause the trials of life you go through end up as the ties that bind And the road ahead is colored by the life you leave behind… on the back 40 On the back 40 And the things that kept them going strong for these last 40 years Are the things that kept us growing through the laughter and the tears Now as I watch them playing in the yard with their grandkids I look up to the sky and I thank God for all they did… On the back 40 where we can raise our kids On the back 40 I thank God for all they did On the back 40
