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Carmichael

from Rhymes With Banjo by Bill Ludwig

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They tell of days when sunshine didn't end
No clouds there in the sky, or river bends
The fields all turned to dusty holes
And most packed up and went
While those who stayed behind, they mostly wept

Then one day storm clouds gathered to the West
A growing grey horizon slowly crept
And drops started a-falling and the dust started to wet
And those who stayed behind, they mostly wept

The sky turned black and thankful cheers they turned to cries
No grasses and no trees to slow the roll
The waters came so fast the people they just stood
Their mouths a-hanging open to the sight

It came a-flowing up the road
It came a-rolling 'cross the fields
It washed away all the memorials we built
To honor those the dry times chased away

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The flood it dug a river through the town
The people built up walls to keep it down
The water kept a-flowing and it's flowing down there still
The dry times just a story that they tell

And some of those who left they come back friends
To see the clouded sky and river bends
And reminisce about the days when sunshine wouldn't end
And those who stayed behind, they mostly wept

The fields turned green and all the people there rejoiced
Appreciate the good times while they can
If you stay in one place long enough you know that good times end
But ask those who stay behind, they come again

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from Rhymes With Banjo, released May 9, 2023

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Bill Ludwig Manchester, Connecticut

The founding member of MARMO (marmoband.bandcamp.com)

But mostly just a guy who writes and records songs... mostly so I have stuff to listen to in my car on the way to and from work.

Sometimes I sing to my chickens. ... more

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