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Soil for Pavement Lyrics by Richard Inman

30 Days

2015

Born the son of drifters
You wore your father's boots
You got your mother's eyes
So the world you saw right through
Reckless as your father
When the Western plains he walked
You long for independence, so
Sickness you did talk
You left here four days after you laid your best friend down
Left your darling crying in the basement
And went where the rivers do meet
Where the remnants of your homeland still does sleep
Traded soil and green grass for pavement
Traded a lover's arms for rambling boots
Traded your father's love for hatred
Still the only one to blame is anyone but you
I still can't bear the thought of Christmas
Swearing to you it was not me
Can't keep on telling myself "listen
Maybe in time he will see"
Traded soil and green grass for pavement
Traded a lover's arms for rambling boots
Traded your father's love for hatred
Still the only one to blame is anyone but you
You can trade your soul for an eight-dollar bottle
Trade your dreams for a thousand small white lines
Trade your time for nothing that will follow
The way you felt back when you were a child
Traded soil and green grass for pavement
Traded a lover's arms for rambling boots
Traded your father's love for hatred
Still the only one to blame is anyone but you
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Richard Inman

Richard Inman

About “Soil for Pavement” by Richard Inman

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"Soil for Pavement" appears on "30 Days" in 2015.

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