Written by Roger Murrah and Mark Alan Springer and mentioned here by @Beth Gallagher and recorded first by Waylon Jennings in 1990 and later by Travis Tritt in 1997. I suppose I was surprised the song was written and recorded so recently. I think I expected it to be older, perhaps an old mountain song originating back in eastern Tennessee or Kentucky. Not so. I am a long time fan of Waylon Jennings who was on the radio for some good time playing Rock and Roll in Planview, Texas before he hit the big time. Never heard him sing it. I listened to him to day. Not much impressed although i have some of his music. I didn't know much about Travis Tritt. Never listened to khim much if at all so far as i can remember, but Travis Tritt has a much better recording in my opinion. I liked it and made copy of the lyrics. Make a great harmonica song-assist song for lead guitar, steel guitar, or get down on. Thanks, Beth.
I agree, Travis Tritt's version is the better of the two. This song makes me teary-eyed, because my father was a farmer. Many days I sat with him on the back porch, looking at the "dusty fields." Wish I could do that just one more time.
Think I understand, @Beth Gallagher, It's sometime the little things, really, a poem, a song, a memory that give life, not necessarily meaning, but adds flavor, often makes us appreciate where we come from and what our forebears accomplished and went through, things we didn't appreciate in youth.