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They're growing houses in the fields between the towns |
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And the Starlight drive-in movie's closing down |
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The road is gone to the way it was before |
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And the spaces won't be spaces anymore |
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Two more farms were broken by the drought |
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First the Wagners now the Fullers pulling out |
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Developers paid better than the corn |
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But this was not the place where they were born |
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There's houses in the fields |
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No prayers for steady rain this year |
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Houses in the fields |
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There's houses in the fields |
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And the last few farms are growing out of here |
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At first he wouldn't sell and then he would |
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Now they'll be children playing where the silo stood |
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The word came from the marrow of his bones |
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It was the last sure way to pay off all the loans |
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The new streets will be named for kings and queens |
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And a ransom will be payed for every castle's dream |
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The model sign is crested with a lion |
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And the farmers they will have enough to die on |
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There's houses in the fields |
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No prayers for steady rain this year |
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Houses in the fields |
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There's houses in the fields |
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And the last few farms are growing out of here |
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I guess no one should be afraid of change |
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But tell me why is there a fence for every open range |
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It's a sign I'm getting on in years |
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When nothing new is welcome to these eyes and ears |
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There's houses in the fields |
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No prayers for steady rain this year |
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Houses in the fields |
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There's houses in the fields |
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And the last few farms are growing out of here |
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They're growing houses in te fields between the towns |
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And the Starlight drive-in movie's closing down |
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The road is gone to the way it was before |
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And the spaces won't be spaces anymore |
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And the spaces won't be spaces anymore |