We set out in the Spring =
With a trunkful of books about everything.
Bm7About solar devices
DAnd how nice natural childbirth is.
We cut down some trees and trailed our ideals
B7Through the forest glade.
Cmaj7/EWe dammed up the stream and the kids cooled their heels
In the fishing pool we made.
Em Em7We held hands and we exchanged bands
C Cmaj7 DAnd we practically lived off the land.
Bm7
You adopted a fox cub
Whose mother was somebody's coat.
Bm7You fed him by hand, then snuggled him down
DIn the grandfather bed, while I wrote.
And we grew our own maize
B7And I only occasionally went into town
Cmaj7/ETo stock up on antibiotics
And shells for the shotgun that I kept around.
Em Em7I told the kids stories while you worked your loom
C Cmaj7 DAnd the sun went down sooner each day.
Bridge:
Bm7
Then the leaves all fell down,
And the crops all turned brown. It was over.
Bm7As the first snowflakes fell
DI realized all was not well in the camp.
Cmaj7/E
The kids caught bronchitis,
The space heater ran out of diesel,
Cmaj7/EOne weekend a friend from the east
B7(Rot his soul) stole your heart.
Em Em7
I said, =D2Fuck it then, take the kids back to town,
Maybe I'll see you around.=D3
G Em7/F# Em Em7
And so leaving all our hopes and dreams
C Cmaj7 D =
To the wind and the rain,
Dadd9 G Em7/F# =
Taking only our stash,
Em Em7Left our litter and trash
And set out =
D Dadd9 G (etc. to fade)
On the road again.
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