Conversation Lyrics - Porter Wagoner

I was talkin' to a farmer not long ago 

His face was all brown and wrinkled and his hair was as white as snow 

I'd gone for a drive out in the country when I stopped at his place 

When I first stopped and spoke to him 

He said don't I know you you look familiar to me 

He sat there for a minute and said yeah I know you 

I listen to you on the radio and watch you on TV 

Then he started to tell me about his farm 

And his voice got real soft with a gentle tone 

He said this little ol' farm has sent five kids through school 

And for 48 years it's been my home 

The wife and I bought this place when we first got married 

She was just 18 and I was 21 

We raised all of our five children right here 

Sent 'em through school and onto college our four girls and one son 

I asked him what he thought about things today 

All the prices and everything seem so high 

He said well I sorta leave that to someone else 

Cause I figure that nearly everything kinda even's out in the end I'll tell you why 

You see I raise the corn fatten the hogs take 'em into town 

Then I take the money that the hogs bring 

And buy me some new seeds to plant in the ground 

Then I raise the wheat that makes the flour to feed my wife and me 

I raise the hay too feeds them cows out there to give us the milk we need 

So I leave the price fixin' and things like that to someone else you see 

Cause I got all that I can do just taking care of this place 

And bein' an American farmer is what God wanted me to be 

Then he said I enjoy talkin' to you Porter 

But I'd better be back to work now I reckon you take care