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I have reached a time of my life, we've reached a time of man
I love this land that feeds us, but we continue to bite the hand
I gaze across these deep green fields, tended by business men
and I understand the tools of the trade, years ago I was one of them

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I love the land. I love the land.
I love the mountains and the farms I love the land.
I love the land. I love the land.
I love the rivers and the trees I love the land.

A generation ago, I remember black snow. That'll all be a memory gone by.
For the land forgives man and all of his sins, those with the courage to try
Change can be bad. Change can be good, but it's one thing we can count on for sure.
Those with the courage and the wisdom to grow are the ones who will take care of this earth.

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They work the ground to feed the mouths of this world, work their books to pay the bank
They've got families to raise and dreams to live, they've got the land to thank
Many of them see their young planing seeds, living and working same as they
These times are tough but so are they. The strong and the smart they find a way.

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You ask me now what is the point of all this verse. I can tell you I really don't know
But when I drive across the land and see the fields as they stand,
I see that we continue to grow
I'm destined to roam, to be far from my home, it is my lot, it is my term to serve
but I'll always give thanks to the people who grow, without them there is nothing but words