Working the fields in the morning
Riding the truck in the afternoon to delver the goods
And put some meat on the table back home
I was a skinny young shaver
Grandpa and me we were neighbors
If you wanna call across the field the same as being next door

Always do like you think you should
Make a man out of carving wood
These are some of the things I learned on the knee of my grandfather
Don't you put on no fancy clothes
If you wanna see how a garden grows
That's the kind of religion I learned on the knee of my grandfather

Grandpa was ridin' the farm-ah
Dad was in the shed with the old John Deer
He'd been tryin' to get that tractor workin' for days
I'd been playing since daybreak
Riding on top of of the hay rake
That was rustin' away & hadn't been no kinda use for years

Always do like you think you should
Make a man out of carving wood
These are some of the things I learned on the knee of my grandfather
Don't you put on no fancy clothes
If you wanna see how a garden grows
That's the kind of religion I learned on the knee of my grandfather