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G C x 4 I drove out to the old place I hadn't been there for years It's always somewhere in my mind But I'm hardly ever near

D C x 4 I pulled off of the highway Down those lanes I used to know I still knew every turn and rise All the names from long ago

Am D C x 2 D Em D Em Am C D Em C  I saw the rock strewn rolling hills I saw the bracken fern I felt the rain-fresh earth beneath my feet the cattle yawned and turned The sun was a pale smudge through the clouds its light too weak to burn My breaths were long and slow and calm I felt that slow deep yearn

The old soldiers came to claim their place To find some peace and settle down Making something from not much at all Held their heads up high in town

When I was young I thought I'd stay forever Thought I'd grow strong and tall and brown But there came a time I knew I had to leave To find a life I could call my own

I left without a backward glance there was so much to learn I walked my curling doubtful path I learned to live and mourn I learned to love I learned the pain of loss I felt the ache of sorrow burn I learned that in the darkest night somewhere the seasons turned

Well there are some things you know forever Some things that shift and change No matter where I've been or what I've done I feel that country call my name

Now the farming life doesn't pay so well Most neighbours left the neighbourhood Reason says I couldn't live there now But I still wonder if I could

Oh come with me baby could we settle right down amongst the bracken fern Listen to the rain as it falls to the ground and watch the fire burn We could watch the sun get higher in the sky we'll see the seasons turn We'll let our hearts slow down again //we'll let our heads unlearn?// media type="custom" key="27651360" But always deep within my heart/mind I had the bracken fern?? media type="facebooklike" key="http%3A%2F%2Fbobsongs.wikispaces.com%2FBack%20home" width="450" height="80" It seemed that all I knew of life was from strife and struggle torn And I looked towards some dream of home that I might be re-born Tamed rocks and rabbits //?//?listen to the birds/learn the names of birds/watch the cattle herds/learn to breathe like birds

At the time I thought I had to leave there And I guess I'd do the same again But now you ask me and I'm not sure Hey baby do you think we could live there now? We could sit and watch the seasons turn Let our heads slow down again We could let ourselves unlearn

Caught the wafting cow shit smell

Something tells me my ghosts would still be the same I'd just be wearing different clothes

I'd be different is all

I used to know the roads I wandered I used to know my neighbours name

Something always pulls thoughts back