One More Reason Why The Farmer Is On Strike

From the Album American Agriculture Movement

The government told the farmer in 1974
To grow lots of food from fence row to fence row
They could sell their product to the hungry nation’s overseas
And when they did they went into bankruptcy

Then people from over-seas come to buy our wheat
Two forty-five a bushel, which is penny cheap
Then they sell our products for five dollars more
The middleman grows rich, and the farmers grows poor

One more reason why the farmer is on strike
If we don’t we might lose our way of life
All that we are asking is a price that is fair
Parity don’t mean going on welfare

There’s eight hundred million hungry people in this world
There’s eight hundred million who are in need of food
With so many people in need of relief
How can there be a surplus when people need food to eat

From the time that the farmer’s sell their food
It goes through seven hands before it gets to you
If the farmer would get nothing for the food they grow
You’d save only sixty cents a day at the grocery store

One more reason why the farmer is on strike
If we don’t we might lose our way of life
All that we are asking is a price that is fair
Parity don’t mean going on welfare

The problem is simple a woman said to me
The problem we got here ain’t nothing more than greed
People taking more than they do deserve
Then giving back nothing in return

People they will tell you that the farmer’s strike
It’s not good for business but let me set you right
Those small towns are dying; this you know is true
It’s because the farmer’s goes into debt when they grow food

When this strike is over, and parity gets met
The money that is earned will be quickly spent
On a new day a coming, it’s just around the bend
When the family farmer will do well once again
One more reason why the farmer is on strike
If we don’t we might lose our way of life
All that we are asking is a price that is fair
Parity don’t mean going on welfare

Words & Music by Larry Long
Copyright Larry Long 1979; Renewed 2021 | BMI

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