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Planting in a Drought

from Planting in a Drought by Tom Smith

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I wrote this song as I reflected upon the climate crisis. It is also a metaphor for what it feels like as I work to make the world a better place in an environment where powerful forces oppose it.

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Planting in a Drought
by Tom Smith (ASCAP)
© 2020 Peabody Hill Publishing (ASCAP)

Another day breaks. Another hope wakes
Another sun bakes my back from dawn till dusk
Why do I keep on planting the same song
They say it’s all wrong, for my seed will turn to dust
But for me, everything I know
Is right here in these long straight rows
That’s why I’m planting in a drought
Planting in a drought

Right now it all seems like a bad dream
These fields were once green with promise for my son
But he can not do what I was born to
Only a damned fool would follow me into the sun
But sometimes I see it in his eyes
He wants to give it one more try
That’s why I’m planting in a drought
Planting in a drought

When they’re explaining why it’s not raining
The experts say things that I don’t understand
I know that hard work can make my heart hurt
Then I feel this soft earth and these tools in my hands
For me, everything I know
Is right here in these long straight rows
I’m planting in a drought
Planting in a drought

Another day breaks
Another hope wakes

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from Planting in a Drought, released March 27, 2020

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