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The Drought

There’s a silence in the kitchen, and a silence in my soul

Guess I’ve never felt so lonely, and I’ve never felt so old

Tommy’s sittin' at the table, and he’s lookin' at the bills

If this blessed heat don’t get him, then a broken spirit will

Now this land’s been in my family for over sixty years

I grew up on this place, then I raised my children here

My folks saw the Great Depression, and survived it on a prayer

Now I know just how they felt to see the land so parched and bare

I went walkin' out this evenin', when the sun was hangin' low

It used to feel so peaceful, I could hear the new corn grow

But the land was dead and silent, and the corn lay on the ground

Tho, I watered it with tears, you know, it never made a sound

Now Tom and I are farmers, and this land has been our friend

We’ve fought tight-fisted bankers, when no money would they lend

We’ve worked just like the devil, we laughed when day was through

But now this house is silent, and I don’t know what to do

Sometimes there’s a whisper, and I can feel the wind come up

But it’s a sound that gives no comfort, only dust to fill my cup

For the land is blowing far away, it’s leavin' this old place

And sometimes in my dreams I see the wind with Tommy’s face

There’s a silence in the kitchen, and a silence in my soul…

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