Lake Fork Verne - Only on loan

Well, ^DI am a dirt- ^Gfarmers ^Dson Raised in the Illinois bottom- ^Alands We ^Ddidnt have ^Gmuch, but we had ^Dfun It all came from Mom and Dads ^Ahardworking ^Dhands

They worked from ^Gsun-up to sun- ^Ddown To keep we younguns clothed and ^Afed Everything ^Dwe had came ^Gfrom the ^Dground It was hard work but ^Anothing much was ^Dsaid (D7)

Now ^GI am old and I think about back ^Dthen Living in town where it is all at ^Ahand All ^Dthe things we ^Gneed just around the ^Dbend Thanks to my folks who ^Aknew how to work the ^Dland

Now that sharecropper and ^Ghis wife have passed ^Don We kids grew up and had a family of our ^Aown And ^Dthey will ^Glittle know of what went ^Don Took a lifetime to ^Alearn were only here on a ^Dloan