well my grandma read the phoenix from the front page to the back she read the editorials and the farmer s almanac one day she saw a headline that filled her heart with fear she said will they re gonna dam the river and move us outta here well my granddad s name was will he was a farmer by his trade he grew soybeans and a cotton crop for what little living he made you know he always paid his taxes and he tried to do what s right raised up eight strong children on that little bottom land site they gonna dam the deep fork river they re gonna build themselves a lake they gonna dam the south canadian whatever else it takes they re gonna bring in here some tourists they re gonna make themselves a buck they re gonna dam the deep fork river damn the farmer s luck well my granddad thought it over the next time he went to town he went to see the lawyer milam king he thought the smartest man around milam said will you can t fight em the result will be the same i either sell your land or they ll take it they call that eminent domain  then they had their meetin in checotah on a hot summer day there were men there from the government to say what the government had to say well my granddad listened patiently but it was more than he could hear he said leave our rivers alone boys and damn the corps of engineers they gonna dam the deep fork river they re gonna build themselves a lake they gonna dam the south canadian whatever else it takes they re gonna bring in here lots of tourists they re gonna make themselves a buck they re gonna dam the deep fork river damn the farmer s luck well my granddad had his doubts but ya know milam king was right you can t fight the risin waters you can t fight the government s might so they packed up their belongings and they moved to higher ground the water took that bottom land for many miles around when the dams were all completed and the locks were closed up tight they built a little podium and shot fireworks that night there were many speeches given and dignitaries all around governor bellmon carl albert even lbj came to town they gonna dam the deep fork river they re gonna build themselves a lake they gonna dam the south canadian whatever else it takes they re gonna bring in here some tourists they re gonna make themselves a buck they re gonna dam the deep fork river damn the farmer s luck well you don t know nothin bout farmin and you don t know nothin bout soil you live up there in tulsa and make your livin off of oil but you re starved for entertainment the pressures you can t take so you load the wife and kids in the rv and you head out to the lake now kick back in your lawn chair you got steaks on a propane grill a hard day of water skiin another water thrill but down beneath the surface a story s longin to be told about cotton fields and bottom land and the home place that was sold they gonna dam the deep fork river they re gonna build themselves a lake they gonna dam the south canadian whatever else it takes they re gonna bring in here some tourists they re gonna make themselves a buck they re gonna dam the deep fork river damn the farmer s luck they re gonna dam the deep fork river damn the farmer s luck