Field Song-William Elliott Whitmore

[ti:Field Song] [ar:William Elliott Whitmore] [al:Field Songs (Deluxe Edition)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Field Song - William Elliott Whitmore [00:26.22]Write this down and don't forget [00:31.36] [00:32.83]That the best of times ain't happened yet [00:38.73] [00:40.22]The gilded age has long been done [00:46.11] [00:47.38]And so many lost when the west was won [00:52.79] [00:58.41]Let's go to the field were gonna do some work [01:04.27] [01:06.11]Spend our day digging in the dirt [01:10.69] [01:12.84]We'll hope for rain to follow the plow [01:19.75] [01:20.34]And this piece of ground is a homestead now [01:26.06] [01:27.49]This little piece of ground is a homestead now [01:32.42] [01:55.33]Three square meals and a living wage [02:02.46]Reminds me of the good ol' days [02:09.13]Before the manifest destiny of the factory farms [02:14.85] [02:16.36]When those cut throats came [02:18.37]And burned down the barn [02:22.52] [02:27.95]Underneath the black locust tree [02:33.38] [02:34.61]There's a shady place that waits for me [02:40.32] [02:42.22]To rest my bones and to rest my mind [02:47.91] [02:49.23]I'm gonna rest right here when I die [02:53.90] [03:17.10]Write this down and don't forget [03:22.24] [03:23.77]That the best of times ain't happened yet