Song Description

Nostalgic story of young lovers adventure....getting drunk and stealing a farmer's horses for a joy ride. The story takes place with the couple apologizing to the Farmer year's later, and they have some new news.

Lyrics

Farmer Barkley
[v]
Farmer Barkley I bet you don't recognize me
Last time you saw me I was just a kid
But there's something I've been carrying around inside me
And I'm here to make amends for what I did

[v]
See I was seventeen the summer I met Linda
Those eyes could make a guy lose sight of right and wrong
One night I slipped my daddy's liquor out the winda
And we met up in your hayfield by the pond

[Pre-Chorus]
Started whiskey sippin, skinny dippin
Wishin that the night would never end, and then...

[CHORUS]
Farmer Barkley please forgive us if you can
We were only fooling around
We got a little too drunk and it got out of hand
The night we rode your horses into town

[v]
That silver summer full moon saw it all
He lit the path right up into your stable
We found the bridles and the saddles up against the wall
And a bucket full of feed under the table

[v]
Those ponies followed us into the pasture
With Linda out in front holding the pail
I think the hardest part was keeping down the laughter
When Linda started singing 'Happy Trails'!

[Pre-Chorus]
We walked 'em to the apple trees I used to climb
When I was eight or nine, then it was giddy-up time

[CH:]

[Bridge]
Linda's red hair was dancing in the moonlight
Every dirt road was a lover's lane
We trotted past the Church Yard - the sign at Willie's Sports Bar
And stopped for the red light on Main

[v]
We heard a siren so we hitched 'em to a bike rack
I kissed her once and whispered 'I love you'
Hurried home before the sun came up and hit the sack
And we watched the pictures on the evening news

[v]
Yeah we did it, I admit it - ain't proud of it
But there's one more thing that I came here to say
We're getting married in July and sir we'd love it
If you'd be the guest of honor on our wedding day

[CH:]

[OUT]
Farmer Barkley I bet you don't recognize me
Last time you saw me I was just a kid