Songs:Better Days (75989)
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Trivia, story behind the song, etc.
Lyrics
Better Days (Tim Grimm)
Farmer Jim had the bailer
I had the hands and had the time
He was up into his seventies
I was in the middle of may prime
I was bringing back my childhood
He'd been doing this all his life
Driving that old John Deere tractor
Eating lunch brought by his wife
And they'd rest under our maples
And they'd tell me of their past
Lost a son and lost a grandson
One went slow, one went fast
Ruth would tell me of the old times
Men would go off to the fields
And all the children and the women would
Hitch the team and drive them down to the woods
(chorus)
Me, I'm trying to learn the old ways
Of the heart and of the land
People growing old together
Families working hand in hand
So I will watch and I will listen
To voices cracked and faces worn with age
And when they're gone, Lord knows I'll miss them
They give me hope for better days
Amos Chesnut is my neighbor
All his life an honest man
I stepped up to his door a stranger
Walked away a new found friend
When he works out by the roadside
People slow and wave a hand
He watches life pass by his Oak Bend farm
But I don't know a richer man
He knows every creek and hollow
Every fencepost dug by hand
Where the paw-paws grow
Where the coyotes roam
Where the dirt turns into sand
(chorus)
with repeat last 2 lines
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Tags
 | Acoustic Guitar 10,110 items |
 | Fiddle 1,750 items |
 | Folk 6,079 items |
 | Americana 743 items |
 | Solo Vocalist 12,088 items |
 | Farming 28 items |
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Listener rankings: 5 stars=Sharpston ♦ Atuuschaaw ♦ Kelli 4 stars=sparx ♦ Kazookid ♦ Kimchifox ♦ Firewalk ♦ Mert 3 stars=Hexaba |
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Categories: Acoustic guitar | Fiddle | Folk | Americana | Solo vocalist | Farming
