Lifeblood

from Between the Earth and Sun by Quillwell

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Lifeblood
Lyrics and Music: Eli August and Waylon K. Smith

Put your belly to the bar, tell me all about the farm
Lay bare your soul
How you made it this far and aren't you alarmed
There's no way to be made whole
Friend, I've got an ear, and I've got a remedy
Bourbon or beer, what will it be?

The skies went dry, as the state turned wet
I got rows and rows planted, but ain't nothing growed yet
The cruel irony ain't lost on me
Distilled in them bottles is corn and wheat,
Our lifeblood turned poison for the pain
The topsoil's gone and we still ain't seen no rain

CH:
Corn and wheat were the backbone of this town
Now they're poison, and nothin's growing in the ground
But it ain't poison if it takes away the pain
I'll fill your glass, you take a drink and pray for rain
This be the altar, where I do my praying now
Spend every dollar planning my escape somehow
To California
Is your family buying in?
No, they ignore ya
No one else is listening
Everyone is giving in

Rumor is that the Severns burned their barn down
And there were 3 murders when the carnival rolled into town
The whole county has gone to hell
They found them bodies at the bottom of a dried up well
What's left to drink?
Just whiskey and despair

CH:

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from Between the Earth and Sun, released January 10, 2019
Produced by Eli August, Waylon K. Smith, and Dave Bowden
Dave Bowden - Engineer, additional instrumentation
Jake Bennett - Assistant engineer
Justin Robertson - Assistant engineer
Adam C Grabowski - Assistant engineer

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