"FARM ON THE FREEWAY"
By Jethro Tull
The Lyrics of "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 check and a pickup truck.
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.
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 Southfork, it was no Ponderosa.
But it was the place that I called home.
They say they gave me compensation…
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.
Meaning of "Farm on the Freeway":
This song is about a man who owns a very profitable farm. It happens to lie on the path that the county wants to pave a freeway through. He is told that it is all for the better, but he knows better because the building of the freeway lost him his farm and left him with nothing.
Listen to "Farm on the Freeway" on YouTube.
*Lyrics courtesy of Lyrics Depot
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 check and a pickup truck.
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.
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 Southfork, it was no Ponderosa.
But it was the place that I called home.
They say they gave me compensation…
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.
Meaning of "Farm on the Freeway":
This song is about a man who owns a very profitable farm. It happens to lie on the path that the county wants to pave a freeway through. He is told that it is all for the better, but he knows better because the building of the freeway lost him his farm and left him with nothing.
Listen to "Farm on the Freeway" on YouTube.
*Lyrics courtesy of Lyrics Depot
 | Zoe Adler is a music journalist from Long Beach, California. Besides her website, which is her pride and joy, she works with the GRAMMY Foundation and the Long Beach Independent. Additionally, Ms. Adler is a musician, spending half of her time playing the flute, piccolo, trombone, and marching baritone. She has been with TeenView Music since the very start and hopes to make something of it in the future. |
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