They came in thinking top dollar
To that old cotton crop farmer
They knocked on his screen door and he said
"Lord, what you need boys?"
And they said, "You know all the others went and cashed out
We got the subdivision all mapped out
It'll sit right here on this land
And you could leave town a rich man"
And he said, "Boys, whatever you're offering
It won't be enough, 'cause I got"
A little girl that used to swing right there
I still see her pink bow in her brown hair
She's in the big city but she still calls home
What's she gonna do if she comes back and we're gone?
And over there under that white oak tree
Beneath the cross is where my best buddy's buried
Blasted thirteen hunting seasons running strong
Keep your money 'cause a man can't leave his dog
And over there's where I got down on one knee
You can't buy that kind of dirt cheap
One man smiled and he kinda looked away
The other said, "Before we go I gotta know one thing
Between the droughts and the floods through all the years
What in the world got you through?
How the hell did you get here?"
And he said
That little girl that used to swing right there
I still see her pink bow in her brown hair
Running up after one of them long days
Her big smile making every little worry fade
And over there under that white oak tree
Beneath the cross where my best buddy's buried
All them hunting seasons freezing in a jon boat
Me and him, double barrel and a two-stroke
That woman that said yes when I got down on one knee
Yeah, you can't buy that kind of dirt cheap
Nah, it ain't something you fall into
It's something God gives you
And you hold on to
Just like that
Little girl who used to swing right there
I still see her pink bow in her brown hair
She's in the big city now but she still calls home
She's coming back next week and man it's been too long
And over there under that white oak tree
Beside the cross where my best buddy's buried
Lays a puppy posted up in the shade
That woman never could turn away to stray
I guess that's why she said yes when I got down on one knee
Lord, long as all this is here, why the hell would I ever leave?
You can't buy that kind of dirt cheap
