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Songs:Holding To The Land (132820)
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Holding To The Land © 1994 Joel Mabus [first appeared on the Promised Land album] Well I swear to God this morning that old sun don’t want to rise And the old pump don’t kick in till after six or seven tries And everybody’s up and out the door by the time that lazy rooster crows You can’t go burning daylight, that’s something any farmer knows Holding to the land - Working for the harvest Holding to the promise - Following the plan Praying for the rain - Trusting in the sunshine Living out a lifetime - Holding to the land Well I had to decide to swallow my pride and take a job in town Some days I don’t start farming till after the sun goes down And tonight you might hear me cussin’ that old tractor sittin’ in the barn But I ain’t gonna let no manicured banker subdivide my daddy’s farm Well I got the old pump to working, and the water tastes so sweet Aunt Bunny’s in the kitchen singing. I bet she’s making something good to eat The old man used to say, you gotta take her day by day Cause life is short and full of blisters - that’s what the old men say.
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 | Solo vocalist 11,963 items |
 | Folk 6,003 items |
 | Acoustic guitar 9,976 items |
 | Guy with guitar 1,126 items |
 | Slow 1,448 items |
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