I woke up the same way this morning 

like a stranger in my own life 

tired and confused with too much to do 

nothing left for my kids and my wife 

oh i clung to that first cup of coffee 

praying god, won’t you show me what’s real 

then out in the distance i saw through the window 

a man on a tractor with a dog in a field 



the dog walked just like it was smiling 

the man drove like the world was all right 

the tractor hummed on like a part of a song 

that you sing to your children at night 

his work was laid out there before him 

in rows of green, his whole life was revealed 

oh what i wouldn’t give if i could just live 

like a man on a tractor with a dog in a field 



chorus: 



let me do what i’m doing 

let me be where i am 

let me find peace of mind 

on my own piece of land 

when i’m lost, help me to let go 

and find someway to feel 

like a man on a tractor with a dog in a field 



there i was watching and wondering 

my wife came down and sat beside me 

she said. “it’s not about living another man’s life 

it’s about seeing your own differently 

oh this home that i love and my children 

what more could one man hope to yield 

then she touched my face 

and said, “there’s more than one way 

to be a man on a tractor with a dog in a field 



(repeat chorus)