40 Acres

Story Behind The Song

I know some country boys. Most of them don't give a hoot about the "finer" things in life. What makes a man is his self and where his feet are planted.

Song Description

Every country boy who's ever gone home from work and sat on his porch, loved his wife, loved his horse and loved has land is what this song's all about.

Song Length 2:29 Genre Country - Traditional, Country - Alternative
Tempo Medium (111 - 130) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Content, Glad Subject Life, Home
Similar Artists Garth Brooks, John Denver Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

40 Acres

Got a truck in the driveway
Got a horse out in the barn
That old sun?s a sinkin yonder
Another day down on the farm
This old world?s a little older
And I?m tippin back a beer
My sweet lady?s in the kitchen
And she?s happy that I?m here

Forty acres, Forty hours
Forty years in a country boy?s life
Forty times times forty thousand
I thank God for this time
You can have your big city
I keep it simple, I keep it right
Another day in the country
Another day in a country boy?s life

You can keep all your diamonds
You can put away all your gold
Your big house and all the millions
Can never keep you from growing old
These green fields are my ransom
Calloused hands will testify
Forty acres is a fortune
And that?s enough
In a country boy?s life

Forty acres, Forty hours
Forty years in a country boy?s life
Forty times times forty thousand
I thank God for this time
You can have your big city
I keep it simple, I keep it right
Another day in the country
Another day in a country boy?s life

Copyright 2006
Andy McInnis Tucson Arizona 85737

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