[ti:Alabama Clay] [ar:Garth Brooks] [al:Garth Brooks (The Limited Series)] [by: ] [01:30.98]Powered By @ William [00:04.02]Album:Garth Brooks [00:00.95]Garth Brooks-Alabama Clay [00:07.70] [00:10.76]First time he saw the ground get busted [00:15.92]He was ten and it was 1952 [00:21.80] [00:23.17]His daddy worked hard [00:24.87]from sunup to sundown [00:29.70]And the goin' got tough [00:31.70]behind them ol' grey mules [00:35.80] [00:36.63]The farm grew to be a moneymaker [00:42.51]And the house he lived in [00:45.33]grew up room by room [00:48.70] [00:49.89]The boy worked hard but soon [00:52.06]got tired of farmin' [00:55.66]So he slipped away [00:57.90]one night 'neath the harvest moon [01:01.31] [01:02.21]His neck was red as Alabama clay [01:08.63]But the city's call pulled him away [01:15.03]He's got a factory job [01:18.44]and runs a big machine [01:21.70]He don't miss the farm [01:25.12]or the fields of green [01:36.11][01:28.23] [01:36.30]Now the city's just a prison without fences [01:41.80]His job is just a routine he can't stand [01:48.79]And at night he dreams of wide-open spaces [01:55.07]Fresh dirt between his toes and on his hands [02:01.08] [02:01.98]Then one day a picture came inside a letter [02:08.30]Of a young girl with a baby in her arms [02:15.05]And the words she wrote [02:16.74]would change his life forever [02:20.90]So he went to raise his family on the farm [02:26.41] [02:27.19]His neck is red as Alabama clay [02:33.51]Now he's goin' home this time to stay [02:40.14]Where the roots run deep [02:43.60]on the family tree [02:46.58]And the tractor rolls [02:50.02]through the fields of green [02:52.67] [02:53.14]His neck is red as Alabama clay [02:59.48]Now he's goin' home this time to stay [03:05.99]Where the roots run deep [03:09.55]on the family tree [03:12.52]And the tractor rolls [03:15.92]through the fields of green [03:19.34]His neck is red as Alabama clay [03:30.18]