Lyrics Ned LeDoux – Next In Line

Trying to make a living on a hundred head of cows
Barely breaking even we survive somehow
The wife’s waiting tables in a greasy cafe
And I’m building fence for another man’s place

So many things you can’t control
The market, the bank, and the weather
We hung tough despite them all
And we held it together
Mmm…

The next in line
It’s up to you
Where you go and what you wanna do
But you know this ranch is home for the next in line
I’m just a simple man all I’m trying to say
Please don’t sell out and move away
I hope the dream will find the next in line

Raised em on this ranch from the beginning
Taught em hard work, faith, and believing
Hoped they’d settle down find a place close by
The jobs are in the city this towns gone dry
Mmm…

Good ranch hands well they’re scarce these days
Harder to keep when you find em
Work day’s long no more than it pays
And when they go you wonder who’s behind em
Mmm…

The next in line
It’s up to you
Where you go and what you wanna do

I wanna pass it on
What was handed down to me
It’s more than dirt and paper
Deeper than the eye can see
Well It’s a way of life
And it fits just right on me

The next in line it’s up to you
Where you go and what you wanna do
But you know this ranch is home for the next in line
I’m just a simple man all I’m trying to say
Please don’t sell out and move away
I hope the dream will find the next in line