Long Dusty Road

from High Mileage Soul by Terry Morrison

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sung from the view of a farmer in times of drought

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Long Dusty Road Terry Morrison ©

I’ve been walking down this road this long and dusty road
I can feel the heat burning through the leather of my soles
The crops are brown and thirsty and the well is going dry
And there’s not a drop of moisture in an endless cloudless sky

Somewhere off and to my right I hear a meadowlark’s sweet song
And the ditches have been all dried up for I don’t know how long
And the wind just keeps on blowing it’s taken half the soil away
And the sun just keeps on shining while the Caraghana sways

Rock me gently my sweet mother let me hear the night bird sing
In the twilight of the prairies is this the ending of a dream
This was my fathers’ land before me and his fathers’ before him
All the hopes I had for staying here they’re getting mighty slim

I took a job with buddy driving truck trying to make things pay
And the wife works at the IGA three hours a week half days
The surface rights on this here land the tax man takes away
And it’s coming on three seasons that we’ve not had any rain

So rock me gently my sweet mother let me hear the night bird sing
In the twilight of the prairies is this the ending of a dream
This was my fathers’ land before me and his fathers’ before him
All the hopes I had for staying here they’re getting mighty slim

The stock out in the field their eyes are full of flies
And where once there was a waterhole the mud is cracked and dry
The sun it beats me to the ground the sweat pours off my brow
I’ve been trying to keep on going here I’m just running out of how

So rock me gently my sweet mother let me hear the night bird sing
In the twilight of the prairies is this the ending of a dream
This was my fathers’ land before me and his fathers’ before him
All the hopes I had for staying here they’re getting mighty slim
Rock me gently my sweet mother let me hear the night bird sing
In the twilight of the prairies is this the ending of a dream
This was my fathers’ land before me and his fathers’ before him
All the hopes I had for staying here they’re getting mighty slim
So rock me gently my sweet mother mmhm mmhmm

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from High Mileage Soul, released December 7, 2003

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Terry Morrison Nanton, Alberta

Alberta Metis Singer/Songwriter Terry Morrison is a long time member of the Canadian musical community. An accomplished guitar player, Morrison's unique sense of melody and phrasing create her own inimitable brand of contemporary roots music. Delivered in a rich sensual voice, her songs reflect a compassionate and innate intelligence.

Terry has 6 CD’s of original music to her credit . ... more

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