And his wife just keeps it all inside
It's enough to break a man and his beliefs
’Cause he's living proof of a dying breed
Lord, give him strength to mend this broken heartland
It's enough to break a man and his beliefs
Lord, give him strength to mend this broken heartland
It's hard living in a broken heartland
His baseball cap says Kansas
Still he finds his only comfort in her arms
’Cause he's living proof of a dying breed
His eyes stretch cross the valley
And every night he asks the father
Lord, give him strength to mend this broken heartland
The Washington says how much he can grow
Way down to where they're puttin' up a mall
There's a bank note in his pocket
And this tractors been his treasure
That he may never lose this mother earth
Oh how could an auction measure its true worth
It's hard living in a broken heartland
His sons gone off to college
Learning skills that'll get him off the farm
That says in thirty days they'll have his home
