Remains (Original)

Another video similar to an earlier one I wrote: Scattered on the ground.
I found this place when I was doing the Country Road video and had to write a song for it.
I didn't get busted for tresspassing, but I did pick up a stowaway woodtick my wife found on my jacket. (Yikes!)
I had another version of this where the harp matched better at the beginning, but I went with this one since the words matched better.

Lyrics:

BOARDED UP OLD WINDOWS AND BROKEN DOWN OLD STAIRS.
AN OLD DRIVEWAY THAT NO ONE USES NOW.
BIG OLD EMPTY SILO AND A BIG OLD EMPTY BARN
POULTRY, CORN AND LIVESTOCK LONG SINCE GONE.

REMAINS OF SOMEONES YESTERDAY,
WHEN THIS LAND STILL HAD SOME LIFE.
BEFORE IT WAS THE SHELL IT IS TODAY.
THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOME CHILDREN, A HUSBAND AND A WIFE.
BEFORE THE COLD HARD WINDS OF TIME....
CHASED THEM ALL AWAY.

I WONDER WHAT THE STORY WAS WITH THE PASSING OF THE YEARS.
BACK WHEN THIS OLD HOUSE WAS STILL A HOME.
THE LOVE AND HOPE AND LAUGHTER, THE SADNESS AND THE TEARS
HAVE GONE AND LEFT THIS OLD PLACE ALL ALONE.

DO THE VOICES OF THE SPIRITS STILL ECHO THROUGH THESE WALLS,
OR ONLY DOES THE SILENCE STILL REMAIN.
ON LAND THAT WAS SO GENEROUS, NOW SADLY LEFT BEHIND.
AN ABANDENED SLICE OF COUNTRYSIDE....
THAT NO ONE WANTS TO CLAIM.

JUST CALL IT A SAD STORY, OR JUST AN AWFUL SHAME,
OF WHAT IT HAS BECOME SINCE IT WAS NEW.
IT'S SAD TO THINK NOBODY HANGS THEIR HAT HERE ANYMORE,
OR JUST A SAD REMINDER......
WE'RE ALL JUST PASSING THROUGH.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• original
• farm
• farmer
• woody
• guthrie
• country

[trevorm1]

Wow, really great tune, and an awesome video.

[Johnfern99]

Thanks Trevor, glad ya liked it and I appreciate the compliment.

[fkidder]

Glad you didn't get busted.

This is an excellent song.

Great vid as usual.

Thanks John.

[Johnfern99]

Thanks Fkidder! I was going to film the sign that says, "No tresspassing," but didn't want them to use this video in court.

[marcie99]

well thanks dan for sending me to here, as i guess i hadnt heard this one of yours before, awesome as always. always enjoy listening to you! and great writting!

[Johnfern99]

Thanks Kathy, I appreciate that a lot!

[dannyknapp]

p.s.- leave the harmonica, take the canoli.

[Johnfern99]

Thanks so much, Danny! Enjoy the tunes!

[dannyknapp]

wow, u still have some vids I haven't seen yet ? where in the hell have I been. p.s.-got both cd's now, they're great.

[Johnfern99]

Thanks again, Patty! I appreciate that! Dan is going to cover this one next week!