Denny Bales

Lottery Ticket(I)

Music

Denny Bales

Lyrics

Chuck Bales

Engineer

Denny Bales

Producer

Denny Bales

Players

Denny Bales - Vocal, Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Drum Machine
Pam Stanley - Backing Vocals
Melvin Love - Glass Percussion

About

The lyrics were completed first. I tried several ideas for the music and wasn't satisfied with any of them. One night a friend of a friend was playing a rhythm on my keyboard that sounded like glasses being tapped on. This was the spark that I needed for the musical inspiration to complete this song. He kept the rhythm going while I experimented with chord patterns. How the music starts and stops became the common thread throughout the song.

Lyrics

Farmer John bought a lottery ticket
Down at the local grocery store
And you know he hit the big spin
For about a million or more
And when they asked him what he'd do with all of the money he won
He said I'm gonna keep on farmin'
Till the money's gone

I'm gonna farm till the money's gone
Until the moneys gone
Until I've lost all I've won

Well you know
There's got to be a reason why
We can't make it work
Everyone is doing so well but
The farmer he's a losin' his shirt
Some farms have been in families so long that it really hurts
They've got their heart and soul right hear growin' in this dirt
They're gonna farm until the money's gone until the money's gone
Until the money's gone
They're gonna farm
Farm until the money's
Until the money's gone
'till I've lost all I've won

It's a losin' proposition
To farm here any more
The family farm is a thing of the past
We're losin' 'em by the score
And if we lose our farmers
We'll lose that grocery store
Where will I buy that lottery ticket
To help me farm some more

Farmer John bought a lottery ticket
Down at the local grocery store
Well you know he hit the big spin
For about a million or more
And when they asked him what he'd do with all of the money he won
He said I'm gonna keep on farmin'
Till the money's gone

I'm gonna farm, farm till the money's gone, until the money's gone
Until I've lost all I've won
I'm gonna farm till the money's gone,
Until the money's gone
'til the money's gone
Just remember
Just remember what I've done
Just remember
Just remember what I've done
Just remember
Just remember what I've done