I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Every Friday night there's a steady cloud of dust
That leads back to a field filled with pickup trucks
It's got old Hank crankin' way up loud
Got coolers in the back, tailgates down
There's a big fire burning but don't be alarmed
It's just country boys and girls getting down on the farm
Well you can come as you are, there ain't no dress code
Just some rural route rules that you need to know
Don't mess with the bull he can get real mean
Don't forget to shut the gate stay out of the green
If it starts to raining will just head to the barn
Where country boys and girls are getting down on the farm
You can have a lot of fun in a New York minute
But there's some things you can do outside those city limits
Ain't no closing time, ain't no cover charge
Just country boys and girls getting down on the farm
Ed's been on his tractor ain't seen Becky all week
Somebody said they seen em heading down to the creek
Farmer Johnson's daughters just pulled up in a jeep
Man he knows how to grow em if ya know what I mean
Old Dave's gettin' loud but he don't mean no harm
It's just country boys and girls getting down on the farm
Ah let's get down y'all
Stay out of that hay
That leads back to a field filled with pickup trucks
It's got old Hank crankin' way up loud
Got coolers in the back, tailgates down
There's a big fire burning but don't be alarmed
It's just country boys and girls getting down on the farm
Well you can come as you are, there ain't no dress code
Just some rural route rules that you need to know
Don't mess with the bull he can get real mean
Don't forget to shut the gate stay out of the green
If it starts to raining will just head to the barn
Where country boys and girls are getting down on the farm
You can have a lot of fun in a New York minute
But there's some things you can do outside those city limits
Ain't no closing time, ain't no cover charge
Just country boys and girls getting down on the farm
Ed's been on his tractor ain't seen Becky all week
Somebody said they seen em heading down to the creek
Farmer Johnson's daughters just pulled up in a jeep
Man he knows how to grow em if ya know what I mean
Old Dave's gettin' loud but he don't mean no harm
It's just country boys and girls getting down on the farm
Ah let's get down y'all
Stay out of that hay
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Down on the Farm Lyrics as written by Jerry Laseter Kerry Kurt Phillips
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