Lester Simpson 1999
Alex Sturbaum: https://countercurrentmusic.bandcamp.com/track/homeland
https://countercurrentmusic.bandcamp.com/track/homeland
Oh the glad lives, sometimes sad lives, north east the clouds are streaming Over joy and over heartache To a place that glads the heart Over working days and idle To the land that gives you meaning Back to the friends and family That were never meant to part Chorus: All the way, spinning back where touchstone houses drive your fears away All the way, though circumstance and fortune make you roam All the way, where familiar sights and smells will dry your tears away Oh, the sky goes all the way home So you worked to build a life As you watch your children growing Each new generation Just trying to prove its worth And where your parents toiled The river ever flowing Past the farm and factory Through the land that gave you birth The rain that shapes the gritstone Runs down to the river Wheels turn in dark water As it rolls down to the foam And the pausing man looks seaward Where the elemental giver Burns the waters up to heaven And the clouds are riding home