He said, Hi, I'm Ted Lomas
And I'm running for Congress
And I sure would appreciate your vote
I got a small farm just out of Whitefield
A few cows and a big mortgage note
He was a charmer to the poor
man and the farmer
And all of us naturally knew
We'd finally found us a voice
for the Congress
Singin' I'm just a farmer like you
From the beginning, it was a horse race
Nip and tug to the end
When the last vote was counted,
old Teddy had just made it
They called it a great people's win
And he moved to D .C. where
he found it easy
Cracking the lobbyist blues
As his wealth kept growing
he held to the slogan
Saying, I'm just a farmer like you
I'm just a farmer like you
I wear the same broke -ass shoes
The kids sing the parody blues
Singin' I'm just a farmer
like you
He kept his farm down
in Menlo County
Where each year he'd have a big sale
And the oilmen and the bankers
and the big road contractors
Would be there come rain or come hail
And everyone knew that
they paid more money
For cow than the meat packers do
When it was the right time,
he'd make the headline
Sayin' I'm just a farmer like you
It's been a long time
since Ted got elected
The farmers have had a long wait
Me, I'm still mortgaged up to my neck
And old Teddy owns half of the state
They say he's retiring
Some new guys aspiring
He's just an old poor boy too
And he's leading the strikers
It's driving their tractors
Singing, I'm just a farmer like you
I'm just a farmer like you
I wear the same Rogan shoes
It sang the parity blues, singing
I'm just a bummer like you.
I'm just a bummer like you,
I wear the same broken shoe.
It sang the parity blues, singing
I'm just a bummer like you.