My name's Tommy Franks, an' my Daddy's name was Ray
Ray was a farm boy, a cowboy an' a banker
A clerk, a roughneck, a driller,
A long-haul driver, a soldier an' a mechanic
He was also a friend to everybody he ever met
Ray taught me the value of Faith an' family,
The American flag, hard work, honesty an' a good dog
I hope my Daddy Ray wasn't the last of a dyin' breed

He's a cold beer drinker, a buck deer hunter:
The best friend a dog ever had
A post-hole-digger, a mint Skoal dipper,
John Deere cap supportin' man
With a house on a hill and a pond in the field,
Surrounded by a mess of corn rows
Makes a livin' from his labor, gives credit to the Maker,
He's somebody everybody knows

Last of a dying breed who tend the fields and mend the fences
Heaven knows, I'd hate to think that generation might be ending,
But if he goes, he will go down in history:
As the last, the last of the:

Overall wearers, farmer tan terrors,
Down at the VFW hall (Hall)
Cake pan lickers, ripe tomato pickers,
Hay balers loadin' trailers in the Fall
Fruit stand sellers, town square dwellers,
Who gather at The Dairy Queen at dawn
Everybody knows him an' everybody loves him:
God, I'm gonna miss him when he's gone

Last of a dying breed who tend the fields and mend the fences
Heaven knows, I'd hate to think that generation might be ending,
But if he goes, he will go down in history:
As the last, the last of a dying breed

(Last of a dying breed)
He's a hard-working family man
(Last of a dying breed)

Last of a dying breed who tend the fields and mend the fences
Heaven knows, I'd hate to think that generation might be ending,
But if he goes, he will go down in history:
As the last, the last of a dying breed
Of a dying breed
Of a dying breed
Of a dying Breed