Farm On The Freeway

Nine miles of two-strand topped with barbed wire Laid by the father for the son Good shelter down there on the valley floor Down by where the sweet stream run Now they might give me compensation That's not what I'm chasing I was a rich man before yesterday Now all I have got is a cheque and a pickup truck And I left my farm on the freeway They're busy building airports on the south side Silicon chip factory on the east And the big road's pushing through along the valley floor Hot machine pouring six lanes at the very least Now, they say they gave me compensation That's not what I'm chasing I was a rich man before yesterday Now all I have left is a broken-down pickup truck Looks like my farm is a freeway They forgot they told us what this old land was for Grow two tons the acre, boy, between the stones This was no South Fork, it was no Ponderosa But it was the place that I called home They say they gave me compensation Well, that's not what I'm chasing I was a rich man before yesterday And what do I want with a million dollars and a pickup truck When I left my farm under the freeway?