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GReedDiamond

(5,311 posts)
Thu Jan 31, 2019, 02:51 AM Jan 2019

Right On Yukon - "Homesteaders"



Shapes the earth with his work-nicked hands all he ever wanted was to be your man wife said ‘Oh, Dad, you miss so much but if you lose the land, you'll lose my touch every time we try to get a little ahead we fall behind the family's grocery debt the railroad is coming with eminent domain they'll steal the land, burn the grain The dull whine of his worries The warm silence of his grandson's pickup worn old tools, a scuffed rifle butt these days they drive him down to despair condition of his fences, disrepair why have a horse and feed, when you can buy an ATV? why have a home at all if you don't want me? the pipeline is coming with eminent domain they'll spill on the land, spoil the grain The dull whine of his worries Shareholders get just what they want a good return on their investment stock land's gonna get just what it needs progress and industry just you wait and see smokestacks and machines working overtime and wages are so low you'll never keep a dime a sky so dark you'll never see the signs the power in a song when the stars align
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Right On Yukon - "Homesteaders" (Original Post) GReedDiamond Jan 2019 OP
Reminds me of The Tragically Hip... FrankfurtCat Jan 2019 #1
Thank you so much! Right On Yukon Feb 2019 #2

FrankfurtCat

(1,213 posts)
1. Reminds me of The Tragically Hip...
Thu Jan 31, 2019, 08:02 AM
Jan 2019

...vocals, though not as strong, sound a lot like the late/great Gord Downie(February 6, 1964-October 17, 2017)

2. Thank you so much!
Thu Feb 7, 2019, 03:14 AM
Feb 2019

Holy smokes had to make an account just to reply to your comment. We all absolutely loved Gord and that's the nicest compliment you can give.

Thanks!

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