DEAL UP

He walked with his only Son

When he’d finished with the wheat

They climbed up on the tractor

Where he offered him the seat

He said boy I've played my hands

Eating dust here on this farm

Can’t seem to draw a winner

Though I've tried mighty hard

The deck’s been stacked against us

With every rising cost

Now go and help your Mama

Don’t you worry bout what’s lost

He watched his Son run to the house

Reached up and wiped his eyes

He wasn't raised a quitter

Just has to change the way he fights

~~~*1st Chorus*~~~

He yelled…

Shoot me a hand 

Would you dealer

Just fill it up with royalty

I've had enough of the bad ones

To last me all eternity

Someone has to win at the table

I am eager, you just show me how

Deal up, and make me a winner

Cause my future’s in the pot right now

~~*~~

He leased out his farm equipment

And signed on to drive a truck

Called his home in the evenings

Said it’s just until a change of luck

He knew they would both be crying

When it came time to say good night

But he had been raised a Farmer

And those farm boys know how to fight

~~~*2nd Chorus*~~~

He yelled…

Shoot me a hand 

Would you dealer

Just fill it up with royalty

I've had enough of the bad ones

To last me all eternity

Someone has to win at the table

I am eager, you just show me how

Deal up, and make me a winner

Cause my family really needs me now

~~*~~

Six years of driving the highways

With his family and without

Everything was bought and paid for

The banks couldn't scare him now

His Son became quite the Farmer

Together they stacked their own deck

Now they are holding all the aces

And not a soul has beat them yet

~~~*Final Chorus*~~~

He yelled…

Shoot me a hand 

Would you dealer

Just fill it up with royalty

I’m telling you it’s a good life

I’ll hold it for eternity

Someone has to win at the table

I was eager, to know just how

Deal up, and play with a winner

Cause this Farmer has the system down

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
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