Big Green Tractor Blues © 2025 Adrian M. Runaas / @oracleclasssystems. Remix encouraged with credit. Commercial use only with permission. [Verse 1] My big green tractor won’t work anymore These old bones screaming from the floor I crawl under, tools in my hand Every bolt I touch feels like quicksand Binary gates got me locked in a cage Error codes flashing like rage on a page They sold me steel, then they sold me a chain Put a price on the key to my own damn brain [Chorus] Big green tractor, why won’t you move I gave you my back, my time, my youth Now you sit still like a bad bad dream And I gotta buy keys to my own machine Oh big green tractor, please move again [Verse 2] Dust in my lungs, sun in my eyes Fine print hiding in the bright blue sky They say "update" when they really mean "pay" Got a password pad where the choke used to stay My pockets tapped out, cards all declined They’re farming my data while I’m farming this dry land Lease on the software, title in their hand But the calloused grip, that’s still mine, still stands (yeah) [Chorus] [Bridge] [low vocal register] I remember when a wrench and a will Could bring any iron beast back over that hill Now I’m locked from the hood to the screen They patched my life into their machine [spoken] I ain’t signing that service plan twice This dirt’s my blood, this code’s their vice [crescendo] So I’ll crack that case, void that seal Outlaw soul in a world of steel If I gotta be a myth just to turn this ground Then I’ll ride that rumor till the walls fall down [Chorus]
