[ti:Trouble In The Fields (LP版)] [ar:Nanci Griffith] [al:The Dustbowl Symphony] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Trouble in the Fields (LP版) - Nanci Griffith [00:35.05]Written by:Nanci Griffith/Rick West [01:10.11]Baby I know [01:11.65]That we've got trouble in the fields [01:15.83]When the bankers swarm like locust [01:18.30]Out there turning away our yield [01:23.87]The trains roll by our silos [01:26.38]Silver in the rain [01:28.97]They leave our pockets full of nothing [01:32.33]But our dreams and the golden grain [01:37.36]Have you seen the folks in line [01:39.73]There downtown at the station [01:43.89]They're all buying their ticket [01:45.72]Out and their talking the great depression [01:51.17]Our parents had their hard times [01:53.71]Fifty years ago [01:56.98]When they stood out in these empty fields [02:00.63]In dust as deep as snow [02:05.01]And all this trouble in our fields [02:08.69]If this rain can fall [02:10.69]These wounds can heal [02:13.82]They'll never take our native soil [02:19.11]But if we sell that new John Deere [02:22.72]And we'll work these crops [02:24.67]With sweat and tears [02:27.58]You'll be the mule [02:29.20]I'll be the plow [02:30.93]Come harvest time [02:32.64]We'll work it out [02:34.48]There's still a lotta love [02:37.43]Here in these troubled fields [03:10.81]There's a book up on the shelf [03:13.73]About those dust bowl days [03:16.64]And there's a little bit of you [03:18.42]And a little bit of me [03:20.08]In the photos on every page [03:24.76]Our children live in the city [03:27.02]And they rest upon our shoulders [03:31.20]They never want the rain to fall [03:33.88]Or the weather to get colder [03:38.52]And all this trouble in our fields [03:42.11]If this rain can fall [03:44.07]These wounds can heal [03:47.14]They'll never take our native soil [03:52.28]But if we sell that new John Deere [03:55.93]Then we'll work these crops [03:57.88]With sweat and tears [04:00.81]You'll be the mule [04:02.41]I'll be the plow [04:04.10]Come harvest time [04:05.77]We'll work it out [04:07.57]There's still a lotta love [04:10.57]Here in these troubled fields [04:14.56]You'll be the mule [04:16.22]I'll be the plow [04:17.97]Come harvest time [04:19.63]We'll work it out [04:21.51]There's still a lotta love [04:24.12]Right here in these troubled fields