Music

I'm Sorry You Had to Sell the Farm Year: 2008 | Run Time: 4:56

Written by Bill Mallonee for CyBrenJoJosh (BMI)

i'm sorry you had to sell the farm
yeah i'm sorry you bet it all
why's it always seem to come down
to a desk and four walls

'cause what you did yesterday
what you said in the past
it no longer holds sway
you fall out of favor fast

(happens) faster than a heart
breaking beneath darker skies
faster than a bullet
or a blink of an eye

well they said you done time
well i don't know if it's true
people say all sorts of things
when they're up on their barstools

but there's no judgment seat i know of
that ain't been tainted by greed
that ain't grinding down the poor man
in his hour of deepest need

do you ever get reprieve
after you've done a world of wrong
can you ever be sure
of which side of the fence you're on

'cause when it came to that cup
the blessed one i lifted to my lips
it's the one you'd filled up
spilled it all before i took a sip