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I'm running through a field with my mother I'm just a baby and I'm running through the tall grass And I'm picking blueberries Watching the sky even out Hearing the birds go chirp chirp And the fireflies go bzz bzz I'm just the happiest I ever was I used to didn't wanna grow older What are ya gonna be when you grow up? I wanna pick berries in the field I wanna play in the field and climb the trees Never really had any friends around All the other kids just stayed inside Newspaper man said "We're living in a one horse town" That must be a lonely life I got a job at the factory Putting things inside of the boxes Until the boxes are full up and they go away forever I just can't wait for the sun to set So I can go outside and go back to the field Sometimes I wish it was dark forever And I could hide under the trees See the stars come out Glow in the dark stars Like in my bedroom at night Monsters couldn't give me a fright I wanna stay out and play But they always find me and bring me back They said "A field's no place for a baby like you" I said "Wasn't everything just fields to begin with?" Daddy lost his job when the mill closed Now I'm all grown up And I'm back in the field And I'm with her and her and him and them This time mama stayed home Legs feel heavy like a stone Sometimes I feel so happy that I could explode I can see the stars in the field I'm holding hands with everyone I ever did meet Did you ever hear a sound that felt like air That you could feel but couldn't see The branches and the leaves look like fingers on the trees We started dancing by the stream Lights and beams in the sky was blue and green Prettier than you could ever believe Somebody just said it was gettin' late I don't ever wanna leave Please don't make me leave Dawn comin' up like a mack truck down the highway Underside of the sky lookin' periwinkle People keep on walking away But I'm still in the field Chewing on a blueberry Hoping the sun gets shy And goes right on back down again