Well you run your hand through your dusty hair

And you're not sure what you should do

When it costs more to come by then they'll pay

There don't seem to be much use

She's in the kitchen over the books

And callin' just to see

If you can stick it out who needs it now?

We'll wait another week

And the high-priced boys from Toronto

They sit over their second cup

And they'll tell you when to milk those cows

And when to dry them up

They'll tell you when to borrow that money

And they'll tell you when to pay

When you can't they just come

And they takе it all away

"And it's a business not a lifestyle,"

That's what thе banker says

But he don't know about a family farm

It's just numbers in his head

Three generations of the same name

Tacked up on the barn

And there's no use trying to explain

That lifestyles old and worn

And the high-priced boys from Toronto

They sit over their second cup

And they'll tell you when to milk those cows

And when to dry them up

They'll tell you when to borrow that money

And they'll tell you when to pay

When you can't they just come

And they take it all away

Know you should, you just can't stop

You can't quit goin' on

You fix that tractor and you plant those crops

It's all you've ever known

They can take your cattle

They can take your corn

They can take your life apart

Take your house

Tear down your barn

But they'll never take your heart

And the high-priced boys from Toronto

They sit over their second cup

And they'll tell you when to milk those cows

And when to dry them up

They'll tell you when to borrow that money

And they'll tell you when to pay

When you can't they just come

And they take it all away

When you can't they just come

And they take it all away