The farm

Words and music by GERRY BECKLEY
From the AMERICA album
ENCORE: MORE GREATEST HITS (1991)

The reference to Daisy in the song links it to the wistful love song Daisy Jane; the narrator has got his girl, but they have hit hard times and are thinking, for them, the unthinkable. Although the band is not overtly political, the first line seems to be a comment on the fine objectives of Band Aid/Live Aid in relation to poverty in the countries whose acts were going to save the world with their music and other people's money.

We're feedin' the world but we can't feed ourselves
They tell us don't plant now but there's nothing on the shelves
If someone is watchin' down from above
What in the world is he thinkin' of

Daisy I think we must sell the farm
And you know I don't wanna cause alarm
The times are a changin', the money is gone
Where do we go from here, where do we go from here

If someone is watchin' down from above
What in the world is he thinkin' of
Daisy I think we must sell the farm
And you know I don't wanna cause you harm

The times are a changin', the money is gone
Where do we go from here, where do we go from here
Where do we go from here