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Ditchdigger Lyrics by Tyler Lyle

The Native Genius of Desert Plants

2015

I choose my eyes wide open
And my heart half-broken every time
Over the gilded golden shackle
And the reassuring sentimental lie
I've seen the rolling meadows
And the cruelest ghettos in this town
I know the baker and the undertaker
And the girl with the stars on her gown

But the song that sounds the best to me
Is the chorus of the maple tree
And that river bends in through the sea
Its course is fixed and so are we
It seems

[Chorus]
But I got sunshine
Sunshine all over me
And brown eyes
Blue skies are all I see

I do not care to offer any
Commentary on the world
I only sing for the pleasure
And for a certain sentimental girl
And I did not come to establish any
New world somewhere up in the clouds
I just want to make love in the morning
Work 'til evening, and then
Watch the sun go down

Over the aimless and upward climb
The hidden hand, and the searching vine
And this river bends into the sea
Its course is fixed and so are we
It seems

[Chorus]
But I've got sunshine
Sunshine all over me
And brown eyes
Blue skies are all I see

And the strangest fruit
It grows from the ledge
Oh my friends, my friends
Go near to the edge

[Chorus]
But I've got sunshine
Sunshine all over me
And brown eyes
Blue skies are all I see

But I've got sunshine
Sunshine all over me
And brown eyes
Blue skies are all I see

Those who are mining for gold
Get prematurely old
Trying not to disappear
But me I'm just a ditchdigger
When I'm gone, forget that I was here
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About “Ditchdigger” by Tyler Lyle

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"Ditchdigger" appears on "The Native Genius of Desert Plants" in 2015.

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