Farm on The Freeway

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