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lyrics

Farmer Joe was a kind old soul, spent his time by the fishing hole,
since the bank came in and took his farm away.
His wheat didn't yield and his corn didn't grow,
the banker said "It's time to go."
so he packed his bags and then went on his way.
All the things he accomplished way back when,
taken by the stroke of a banker's pen.
Now he ain't got a thing to show for what he's done.
His farm's been theirs for a hundred years,
the day he left he shed a million tears.
He's got nothing left to leave his son.

They held the auction at the farm today,
and he watched as they took his things away
like his old combine, his tractor, and his truck.
But the thing they took that meant the most, you see,
was when they took Joe's dignity.
He's got nothing left to leave his son.

Yeah, all day long by the fishing hole,
he catches fish and searches his soul
wondering where he went wrong and what he's done.

Where old Joe's farm used to be, sits a Wal Mart and a Dairy Queen.
Where his barn once stood is now a parking lot.
His pasture field and his favourite tree; taken over by industry.
Now his fishing hole is all that he has got.
Someday it will too be gone and Joe will have to move along
to find another place to call his own.
'Cause they just put up a new hardware store, a super market, and a whole lot more
like a place called Shady Acres Nursing Home.

Old Joe caught his last fish today and they wept as they carried him away,
to his final resting place down by the lake.
Now he's off to a better place, he died with a big smile on his face.
His faith in God was a thing no one could shake.

(Repeat)
Today when you look up in the clouds,
you'll see old Joe looking down from his new home that no one will ever take.

credits

from Pure And Simple, track released June 15, 2006
Murray Williams: Lead Vocals & Acoustic Guitar
Frank DiFelice: Drums & Percussion
Jesse O’Brien: Piano
Garth Vogan: Bass
Geoff Quinn: Synthisizer & Strings
Doug Johnson: Pedal Steel
Darrin Schott: Fiddle, Banjo, Acoustic & Electric Guitar & Mandolin
Glenn Higgins: Tenor Saxophone
Eddie Patterson: Acoustic & Electric Guitar
The Ordinaires: Background Vocals
Produced By: Frank DiFellice , Nancy J. Frank Productions Ltd. Brantford ON, Canada
Recorded By: Georgie Fab at A Center Full Of Noise Hamilton, ON, Canada
Mixed By: Ian Bodzasi at Metalworks Toronto, ON, Canada
Assistant Engineering: Luke Fountain & Brent Whitcomb
Mastered By: Scott Lake at Metalworks Toronto, ON, Canada

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