Plains of Nebrasky-O-Eric Andersen

[ti:Plains of Nebrasky-O] [ar:Eric Andersen] [al:The Essential Eric Andersen] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.16]Plains of Nebrasky-O - Eric Andersen [00:01.09]Written by：Eric Andersen [00:01.63] [00:09.69]Have you heard about a country where the rivers run free [00:14.27]That's a place where I think you ought to go [00:17.23] [00:18.70]Where the corn stands high tall as the sky [00:23.40]On the great plains of Old Nebrasky-O [00:26.51] [00:34.07]In school I read of men who died by the gun [00:38.23]But not of those who died by the hoe [00:41.26] [00:42.80]The land has drunk the rains of many a farmer's blood [00:46.80]Now forgotten and buried long ago [00:49.78] [00:51.49]Where are the hands that plowed fields without sleep [00:55.35]Hands that saved a dying calf without rest [00:58.35] [00:59.69]Where are the feet that walked down them hot dusty trails [01:03.72]On their way to seek their fortunes going west [01:06.47] [01:08.32]And where are the fathers who died in the dust [01:11.91] [01:12.46]And mothers who died hungry in the snow [01:15.04] [01:16.66]And where are the kids that watched the banks plow their houses down [01:20.36]Those are the things I guess my teaches never knowed [01:23.06] [01:24.57]Have you heard about a country where the rivers run free [01:28.57]That's a place where I think you ought to go [01:31.45] [01:32.97]Where the corn stands high tall as the sky [01:37.19]On the great plains of Old Nebrasky-O [01:39.84] [01:47.63]You tell me drought hurt only corn and not men [01:51.57]You smile and say hard times have gone away [01:54.23] [01:56.09]I guess I should listen to my city politician [02:00.00]Who keeps telling me these are better days [02:02.43] [02:04.19]Is there anybody left to walk a muddy mile [02:07.76] [02:08.41]Is courage a word that's only said [02:10.99] [02:12.36]Is it true them dusty days are days that never really were [02:16.20]But are only tales in books to be read [02:19.03] [02:20.36]Have you heard about a country where the rivers run free [02:24.86]That's a place where I think you ought to go [02:27.91] [02:29.32]Where the corn stands high tall as the sky [02:33.85] [02:34.91]On the great plains of Old Nebrasky-O