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Fields of Nebraska (Live)

from Tampa Sessions (Live) by Penn Johnson

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Hello sky, gee, you’re lookin pretty tonight
I’ve been drivin this road
since the sun was shinin
signs of white man conquering
billboards advertising
weaving wicked words
and all kinds of lies
every day I bring
hope to the hopeless
but you already know this
I see you by my side
say hello to the moon
tell her I’ll be home soon
just few more dark and lonely miles

well if we got one thing
we can’t hold it too tight
we’ve gotta blow on our embers
till they jump n start a fire
we got a few good mountains
and an ocean of stars
and if we learn to navigate them both
we’ll find out who we are

yeah yeah
we’ll find out who we are
yeah yeah

hello Pachamama i know you’re afraid
these warnings overlooked
by the humans you made
stubborn, lost, misguided
it’s like an old saying says
you gotta hit rock bottom
to get up and start again
And I know these things take time
so I’m writin it all this down
for the future generations
and the ones who listen now
I’ll lay down my prayers
and i’ll lay down my life
for one more chance
so we can do this right

yeah yeah
so we can do this right 3x

i see a million miles of forests so green
the biggest vegetable gardens
that you ever seen
i see a planetary system
just one community
a movement that’ll move
and a people who believe

yeah yeah
a people who believe 3x
yeah yeah

if we cast it to cosmos
our words they are returned
no more hesitation
while our breathing brothers burn
no more animals in cages
no more farming factories
we gotta return to the land
and the way things used to be
and i might be some kid
far from reality
but these words come from creator
he gifted them to me
in a moonlight meditation
through the bark of a tree
in the fields of Nebraska
on a night i couldn’t sleep

yeah yeah
a night i couldn’t sleep
yeah yeah

and if we got one thing
we can’t hold it too tight
we’ve gotta breathe on our embers
till they jump n start a fire
we got a few good mountains
and an ocean of stars
and if we learn to navigate them both
we’ll find out who we are

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from Tampa Sessions (Live), released June 1, 2019

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