Name: Dust to Dust
Duration: P00H03M35S
Description: Dedicated to everyone I ever worked with on Todd Greenstone’s Pretty Penny Farm in Sunshine, Maryland. Like much of the farmland between D.C. and Baltimore, these fertile fields have since been subsumed by sprawl. -E.S.

Dust to Dust

from Age and Wonder by The Waxwings

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Dedicated to everyone I ever worked with on Todd Greenstone’s Pretty Penny Farm in Sunshine, Maryland. Like much of the farmland between D.C. and Baltimore, these fertile fields have since been subsumed by sprawl. -E.S.

lyrics

Workin' the land—Worn out boots and blistered hands
Out in the field—Our labor turns to something real

Deep in the corn—All wet with dew before the sunrise
I disappear between the leaves the earth and the sky

Driving a load—country songs on country roads
Summer evening sky—thunderclouds and fireflies

Sometimes I see—That work is love and love is work now
If only everyone could be so lucky

We live but a moment between the dust and dust
We sow our seeds and hope against the worst

Call it a day—Call it a life already
Fading away—One step forward, two steps back

Can’t stay afloat—with so many tryin' to pull you under now
You owe your life to the ones who bite the hand that feeds

We live but a moment between the dust and dust
We sow our seeds and hope against the worst

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from Age and Wonder, track released August 8, 2011
written by Eric Schopmeyer
performed by the Waxwings
[Eric Schopmeyer/lead vocals, guitar; Adrienne Leverette/vocals, tenor ukulele; Kurt Weist/vocals, guitar; Mark Schopmeyer/banjo; Matt Marchyok/fiddle; Tony Jamesbarry/bass]
recorded and mixed by Kevin Nettleingham

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The Waxwings is a band of friends from Portland, OR. We take our diverse musical influences (classical, rock, folk, what have you) and channel them through acoustic instruments to unearth themes of love, loss and the pursuit of soul-searching redemption. ... more

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