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Shawnee Farm

from There's a Storm by David Hakan

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lyrics

Shawnee Farm


B A E
Our Shawnee Farm goes back to 1840
B A E
The tombstones tell that life was harder then.
B A E
John and I now sit out on the back porch
B A E
when the light is low and the day is at its end.

Years ago we stopped using the front porch.
You can see the city sprawl from that door.
The glow is like a stain upon the night sky.
Tell me, what do they need all those street lights for?


Eup7 Eup5
Every year John works a little harder.
Eup7 Eup5
All that shows is the muscle in his arm.
Eup7 Eup5
The city’s bound to win the final contest.
Eup7 Eup5 E
And who’s gonna miss a little Shawnee Farm?

The metro city suburbs have outflanked us.
Now, they claimed a road must connect the north and south.
All those folks need to hurry through our soybeans
that we barely saved from the cut worms and the drought.

The moonset in the west was such a comfort.
Now we look out on the pests and insect swarms.
High school kids are the only ones who drive here.
Tell me, what do we need all those streetlights for?

refrain

John is turning 80 and still my hero.
He didn’t take the assessment lying down.
They took a hundred thousand dollars for that roadway
and paid us twenty nine for that 3 mile strip of ground.

He went to court to fight the city lawyers.
And he came back with a lot, well a little, more.
Now, they claim we made a killing on the improvement.
Tell me, what do we need all those streetlights for?

refrain

Friday last John talked to our banker.
Then he drank his health until he was a little tight.
He sat out on the back porch with his rifle
and shot out three or four of those damn lights.

His family's owned this land thru feast and hardship
from the days of the great Civil War.
It’s not a place we get our mail it’s our homestead.
Tell me, what do we need all those street lights for?

Words And Music By David B. Hakan 9-14-93

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from There's a Storm, released January 1, 2003

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