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Tony's recent song about a hard luck miner reminded me that I had one too and inspired me to record it. Thanks Tony

This Hard Land is here:

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=377550&songID=8707563

Any comments welcomed. There are a couple of flaws that I will fix if anyone catches them and ignore if no one does.

Bruce has a song by the same title - at least I didn't name it Born to Run.

Lyric is below. Thanks!

Scott


This Hard Land
(c) 2010 by S.W. Campbell


Well it’s barely into June
But the mercury’s at ninety-two
And my mouth tastes like sand
It’s a dry heat so they say
But they don’t swing a heavy pick all day
Into the rock of this hard land

A long time ago I itched
To stake a claim, strike it rich
And retire a young man
And so by myself I came
To where there’s no one in a suit to blame
When things get tough in this hard land

I had my tables and my graphs
And like clockwork every year I’d start a shaft
That wouldn’t pan
I never thought myself obsessed
Men had given more for less I guessed
In places worse than this hard land

Last night I coughed myself awake
Drank a shot to kill my shakes
And looked at my reflection in the mirror
The body there was in retreat
Twisted, gray and weather-beaten
Like the junipers that grow ‘round here

A year ago I found the vein
Like a mule I worked it night and day
Till out of steam I ran
Packed a few things that I kept
Got a mile down the road before I stepped
My way back to this hard land