Houses in the Fields

They're growing houses in the fields between the towns
 And the Starlight drive-in movie's closing down
 The road is gone to the way it was before
 And the spaces won't be spaces anymore
 Two more farms were broken by the drought
 First the Wagners now the Fullers pulling out
 Developers paid better than the corn
 But this was not the place where they were born
 There's houses in the fields
 No prayers for steady rain this year
 Houses in the fields
 There's houses in the fields
 And the last few farms are growing out of here
 At first he wouldn't sell and then he would
 Now they'll be children playing where the silo stood
 The word came from the marrow of his bones
 It was the last sure way to pay off all the loans
 The new streets will be named for kings and queens
 And a ransom will be payed for every castle's dream
 The model sign is crested with a lion
 And the farmers they will have enough to die on
 There's houses in the fields
 No prayers for steady rain this year
 Houses in the fields
 There's houses in the fields
 And the last few farms are growing out of here
 I guess no one should be afraid of change
 But tell me why is there a fence for every open range
 It's a sign I'm getting on in years
 When nothing new is welcome to these eyes and ears
 There's houses in the fields
 No prayers for steady rain this year
 Houses in the fields
 There's houses in the fields
 And the last few farms are growing out of here
 They're growing houses in te fields between the towns
 And the Starlight drive-in movie's closing down
 The road is gone to the way it was before
 And the spaces won't be spaces anymore
 And the spaces won't be spaces anymore