Farmer Tan Lyrics - Sawyer Brown

There are tears in the eyes of the scarecrow 

His head is sinking' low 

He tends his fields with the best of them 

Thinkin' love can make it grow 

But when the landlord says, "It's over" 

And the harvest has turned cold 

There ain't enough to pay the man 

After the crops have been sold 

Tell me, "What do we see when we look in the mirror?" 

He don't see no money but he sees something clearer 

There's a man doin' all that he can in the midst of no concern 

He ain't in the sun tryin' to get his arms brown 

He's tryin' to pull a livin' out of that old hard ground 

These days a man and his dreams can get a little burned 

Workin' on a farmer tan, workin' on a farmer tan 

The fruits of his labor, have dried up on the vine 

He don't want for finer things, he's wanting to get by 

There are fertile fields of compassion, we have yet to turn 

We educate and we nominate but will we ever learn 

Tell me, "What do we see when we look in the mirror?" 

He don't see no money but he sees something clearer 

There's a man doin' all that he can in the midst of no concern 

He ain't in the sun tryin' to get his arms brown 

He's tryin' to pull a livin' out of that old hard ground 

These days a man and his dreams can get a little burned 

Workin' on a farmer tan, workin' on a farmer tan 

Tell me, "What do we see when we look in the mirror?" 

He don't see no money but he sees something clearer 

There's a man doin' all that he can in the midst of no concern 

He ain't in the sun tryin' to get his arms brown 

He's tryin' to pull a livin' out of that old hard ground 

These days a man and his dreams can get a little burned 

Workin' on a farmer tan, workin' on a farmer tan