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Aroostook Lyrics by Larry Kaplan

Worth All the Telling

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Well, up here in The county
These winters last too long
There's plenty time to think about
This land we're living on
A million hills that never change
And folks who like it fine
Who scrimp and save all through the year
Until it's planting time
They say Maine ends in Bangor;
Further north ain't worth your time:
Potato fields and lumberwoods
Just snow and summertime
But that's all right with me;
I've never liked it south of here
I'd rather walk out on my land
And watch the moose and deer

Stop all your worrying
And put away the plow
The best of years are over here;
You can see it anyhow
Save your tears for harvest time;
There's too much left to do
This might be a better year;
Somehow, we'll make it through

We've got families up here from the Base;
Each year a few remain
Got folks moved in from Canada
From Sweden, France, and Spain
City folk out in the woods
Who won't say why they came
Got folks just trying to get by;
Got even folks from Maine
But, when you've lived here all your life
It's harder than you know
To sink your last cent in your farm
When your wife and kids say, "No."
But, tell me, what else can I do?
It's all I've ever known
If they can't wait to move Downstate
I'll farm here on my own
I'd rather walk out on my land
And watch the moose and deer

Stop all your worrying
And put away the plow
The best of years are over here;
You can see it anyhow
Save your tears for harvest time;
There's too much left to do
This might be a better year;
Somehow, we'll make it through

The wind sweeps down across these hills;
We're done with harvest time
The hard frost is a week away
Let's try this one last time:
You'll go down to Waterville
And start your winter job;
Me back to the lumberwoods
This side of St. Leonard
But everywhere you look, you see
Another farm go down
The banks are tight on credit
And there's no help from the town
Something just ain't right here
When the world still needs to eat
And we grow the crops to feed them
But we just can't make ends meet
I'd rather walk out on my land
And watch the moose and deer

Stop all your worrying
And put away the plow
The best of years are over here;
You can see it anyhow
Save your tears for harvest time;
There's too much left to do
This might be a better year;
Somehow, we'll make it through

Well, up here in The County
These winters last too long
There's plenty time to think about
The land we·re living on
A million hills that never change
And folks who like it fine
Who never thought they'd have to wait
This long for better times
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Larry Kaplan

Larry Kaplan

About “Aroostook” by Larry Kaplan

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"Aroostook" appears on "Worth All the Telling".

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