Alabama Clay-The Seldom Scene

[ti:Alabama Clay] [ar:The Seldom Scene] [al:A Change of Scenery] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Alabama Clay - The Seldom Scene [00:16.40]First time he saw the ground get busted [00:22.90]He was 10 it was 1952 [00:28.33] [00:30.39]His daddy worked hard [00:32.02]From sun up til sundown [00:37.71]And the goin' got tough [00:39.64]Behind them old gray mules [00:44.20] [00:45.27]The farm grew to be a money maker [00:50.52] [00:52.27]And the house he lived in [00:54.46]Grew up room by room [00:58.58] [00:59.52]The boy worked hard [01:01.46]But soon got tired of farmin' [01:05.14] [01:06.70]So he slipped away one night [01:09.64]B'neath the harvest moon [01:12.71] [01:13.64]His neck was red [01:17.33]As alabama clay [01:20.83]But the city's call [01:24.08]Pulled him away [01:28.02]He's got a factory job [01:31.64]And run's a big machine [01:35.27]He don't miss the farm [01:38.46]Or the fields of green [01:44.20] [02:12.17]Now the city's just a prison [02:15.11]Without fences [02:16.86] [02:18.92]His job is just [02:21.11]A routine he can't stand [02:24.80] [02:26.24]And at night he derams of wide open spaces [02:32.24] [02:33.80]Gresh dirt tween his toes and on his hands [02:41.17]Then one day a picture came [02:44.42]Inside a letter [02:48.05]Of a young girl [02:49.61]With a baby in her arms [02:54.92] [02:55.61]And the words she wrote [02:57.36]Would change his life forever [03:01.49] [03:02.55]So he went to raise his family [03:05.92]On the farm [03:08.67] [03:09.42]His neck was red [03:12.67]As alabama clay [03:16.55]Now he's going home [03:19.86]This time to stay [03:22.80] [03:23.55]Where the roots run deep [03:27.24]On the family tree [03:30.05] [03:30.74]And the tractor rolls [03:34.24]Through the fields of green [03:38.25] [03:38.75]His neck was red [03:40.25]As alabama clay [03:43.75] [03:44.94]Now he's going home [03:48.25]This time to stay [03:52.31]Where the roots run deep [03:55.56]On the family tree [03:57.75] [03:59.06]And the tractor rolls [04:02.87]Through the fields of green