The Love of the Land

Lyrics

I was born on the land like my father before me And I worked on it year after year Through all kinds of weather in summer and winter Right or wrong we persevered And I'll always remember the feel of the soil In the spring when we broke the first ground And the smell of the hay in the barn in the fall Brings my childhood years all back around [Refrain] Ah but all that is lost now, it's locked up in memory And I wonder can you understand When your life is torn up by the roots and discardеd All you've left is the lovе of the land All you've left is the love of the land As a child I was given my own patch of garden Where I learned all the secrets of life As I'd wander the land in the cool of the evening In search of adventures I'd ride And sometimes the weather would give us a battle But we took it all in our stride For we knew in the end it would all come out even We'd make up the losses next time [Refrain] Ah but all that is lost now, it's locked up in memory And I wonder can you understand When your life is torn up by the roots and discarded All you've left is the love of the land All you've left is the love of the land But somewhere the big wheels they slowly were grinding Pushed on by the power of greed And little by little they ground us all under Destroying both flower and seed And what do you say to your wife and your family When you've nothing, not even a plan And where do you go when you're faced with foreclosure And the bank says you must leave the land [Refrain] Ah but all that is lost now, it's locked up in memory And I wonder can you understand When your life is torn up by the roots and discarded All you've left is the love of the land All you've left is the love of the land Ah but all that is lost now, it's locked up in memory And I wonder can you understand When your life is torn up by the roots and discarded All you've left is the love of the land All you've left is the love of the land