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Come By
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Singer/Songwriter
Come By was released on January 1, 2001 by Hands On Music as a part of the album Cold Frontier
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Release DateJanuary 1, 2001
LabelHands On Music
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
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Credits

Lyrics

My father found this land in the early sixties
And he led me by the hand across the endless fields
He made these hills his own, clearing every stone
In the wind and the rains alone
He was a farmer
Our dogs would drive the flock to the higher pastures
And I'd watch him choose the rocks to mend the dry stone walls
The steel beneath the skin when he'd call the stragglers in
His voice upon the wind
Ever a farmer
Come up, away, come by, lie down
In 1986 when the dark clouds gathered
And the cold wind from the east was dusted with decay
On the great and on the small, it settled on us all
And we watched the margins fall
For the farmer
So where are the shearlings now to gather in the folds
To count, to clip and to mark when there's no fleece to be sold
And when a life of learning skills out on these western hills
It barely pays the bills
For the farmer
Come on, away, come by, lie down
So now he sits and stares into the distance
Then I see him climb the stairs, we're restless in his sleep
He stretches out his hands and the dogs at his command
Strong-eyed, still work the land
With the farmer
Come up, away, come by, lie down
Steady, that'll do
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