"The Devil & The TVA" lyrics

For a hundred some odd years, her family's worked
Those same old fields, raised their kids and grandkids
Right there on that land

Saw the storms flood their ground, watched their
Crops die in the drouth, stared the great depression
Down, and never ran

But now they're looking at one hell of a fight
Trying to save the family name from a rich man's bottom line

Ya think you own something
But you don't own nothing
When the government man comes around
Puts his dirty old boots on your ground

Laughs at your protest
With a gun and a bullet proof vest
He don't care what ya have to say
He's just gonna do it anyway

He'll smile and grin and then take your farm away
And he'll tear it all to hell right in your face
Nah the devil ain't got nothing on the TVA
Got nothing on the TVA

If you won't bend the knee, he'll call his personal army
Then he'll survey all your trees and cut em down
If you try to stand and fight
He'll remind you he's Goliath
And you're nothing but a David in his eyes

He don't care about your life and liberty...
It's been that way since 1933...

Ya think you own something
But you don't own nothing
When the government man comes around
Puts his dirty old boots on your ground

Laughs at your protest
With a gun and a bullet proof vest
He don't care what ya have to say
He's just gonna do it anyway

He'll smile and grin and then take your farm away
And he'll tear it all to hell right in your face
Nah the devil ain't got nothing on the TVA
Got nothing on the TVA

Ya think you own something
But you don't own nothing
When the government man comes around
Puts a dirty ass boots on the ground

Laughs at your protest
With a gun and a bullet proof vest
He don't care what ya have to say
He's just gonna do it anyway

He'll smile and grin and then take your farm away
And he'll tear it all to hell right in your face
Nah the devil ain't got nothing on the TVA
Got nothing on the TVA

Ya think you own something
But you don't own nothing