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Back to the land

from The Singing Tree by Eddy morton

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Jake he was a dreamer , rootless wandering free
Living in the city , lost touch with reality
He’s been sanitized and hypnotised by some kind of insanity
For that’s what it is to be man in the twentieth century
But Katie she’s much stronger, more rooted like a tree
Lays calm on troubled water , like oil upon the sea
And she’s carrying their first born, earth mother to be
Know’s what it is to live and survive , to raise a family
And they’re working for tomorrow , and living for the day
When they’ll travel back to their home town, somewhere on the way
On the journey from the present , to the future they have planned
Its a long , long road back to the land

Jake he was a schemer, so blind he could not see
All the beauty that so surrounds him now , life’s sweet little mystery
Born and raised in steeltown though he’s flesh and blood and bone
He never feel’s the passing of time for he’s far too far from home
But Katie she’s the union , of woman man and soil
Knows what it is to die , to work hard and to toil
For her family they were farmers , in touch with every sign
The seasons as they come and go , the onward march of time
And they’re leaving for the country , heading back home to the land
With faith in what tomorrow brings , and salvation in their hands
On the journey from the present to the future they have planned
Its along , long road back to the land

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from The Singing Tree, released March 17, 2017

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Eddy Morton Stourbridge, UK

As the founder member of The New Bushbury Mountain Daredevils Eddy Morton toured the UK and Europe constantly for eleven years releasing 8 albums During which time the band appeared at every major Folk/Roots Festival in the UK and Europe including Cambridge, Cropredy, Skagen, Guildford, Dranouter, The Badentreffen and many more. His latest solo release Rainbow Man is available on iTunes ... more

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