Farm Song

(album: The Golden Tree - 2023)

Buy the farm, tear the soil
Plant the seeds and then rebuild
The old farm house with the silo
That is filled with bones

In the barn, sickly sheep
Tenant sold them real real cheap
We kept the donkey named her Jenny
But she's no longer awake

I could say that it's beautiful
And wouldn't be wrong
And all that beauty cost
Was the pain that followed

Cleared the barn and bought a cow
Hay on stone and fenced in now
Mother says don't get attached
For these years will be his last

Buried now our pregnant sow
Were we lucky? Hard to tell
We kept them warm when they were tired
Never did expect the fire

I could say that it's beautiful
And wouldn't be wrong
And all that beauty cost, yes, all that beauty cost
Was the pain that followed