Troubled Times

A song for the political/economic fix we find ourselves in:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMcgTaZOgZs

Lyrics:
TROUBLED TIMES
J.Reams (BMI), ©2004 Mountain Redbird Music

Dawn till dusk out with the plow
Always pulled us through somehow
Dad would sit at the table and say grace:
"Lord, let us hold on to the old homeplace"

Chorus:
Hand-hewn beams held up the barn
Mom and Dad's dreams held on to the farm
'Til it slipped like dust through their hard-working hands
Sometimes the devil has other plans

Winter's chill went to the bone
Mom had made our house a home
Caressed us all with heart and hand
But troubled times had filled the land

Chorus:
Hand-hewn beams held up the barn
Mom and Dad's dreams held on to the farm
'Til it slipped like dust through their hard-working hands
Sometimes the devil has other plans

Early spring brought hope and despair
Flocks of blackbirds filled the air
A muddy road led to our home
The man from the bank foreclosed on the loan

Chorus:
Hand-hewn beams held up the barn
Mom and Dad's dreams held on to the farm
'Til it slipped like dust through their hard-working hands
Sometimes the banker has other plans