P Ferguson - This land has grown nothing but tears

from Round 6, Week 2 by Monday Morning 3AM Music Club

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The grounds have swallowed all the seeds (8)
The Grazers have all died (6)
Working from 5 in the morning (8)
Until 9 o’clock at night. (7)
This drought has bled my wealth away (8)
My pockets have been emptied (7)
So with my hands I’ll work this land until the day I die (14)

This land has grown nothing but tears for you and I (12)
Too many hungry mouths to feed, 4 to the bed we lie (14)
It’s hard to save a penny no matter how we try (13)
This Land has grown nothing but tears for you and I (12)

The Sun burns hot upon my skin (8)
Like the Devil by my side (7)
The sweat it pours out from me (7)
As I swallow all my pride (7)
If I could start this life anew (8)
Well I’d be a wiser man (7)
Til then away away I’ll go to plow these fields again (14)

On hands and knees I pray to god that the skies may open wide (15)
pour its wealth upon this soil and bring me back my pride (13)

This land has grown nothing but tears for you and I (12)
Too many hungry mouths to feed, 4 to the bed we lie (14)
It’s hard to save a penny no matter how we try (13)
This Land has grown nothing but tears for you and I (12)

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from Round 6, Week 2, released April 6, 2015

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