Catherine MacLellan - River Valley Plains lyrics

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All the way down

This old highway I found

You asleep as I drove

My eyes wanting to close

Fell asleep to the sounds of that man

Telling us the history of this land

All the houses that were built

And the blood that was spilled.

Now there is no king to say who really owns these lands

We’ll just settle them as fast as we can

We’ll get a saw mill there so you can build your houses build your chairs

Does the mighty river know what we have planned?

I am woken by first light

I’ll leave you sleeping there ‘til check out time

Let the sun have it’s day

You’re a child of the night anyway

In this city these old weathered streets

They whisper things they were told not to repeat

So let’s get out while we can

To the place where the river valley ends

On this river valley plain we’ll cut these trees, we’ll grow these grains

We’ll settle it as fast as we can

One hundred fifty years we’ll throw our garbage shed out tears

Into the river that once ran clear through these lands

All the way down

This old highway I found

You asleep as I drove

My eyes wanting to close<br />

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Thanks to Razvan