Story Behind The Song
Rural Newfoundland has lost it's sons and daughters for years because of poor economic prospects.
Song Description
Effect over time. Feelings of people left behind.
| Song Length |
4:24 |
Genre |
Folk - Traditional, Folk - Rural |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant |
Subject |
Loneliness, Life |
| Similar Artists |
Lou Reed, Bob Dylan |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
VERSE 1
They've done that for years, left this rock we call home
In search of steady jobs, around the world they do roam
From the top of big buildings in the New England states
To the pits in the tar sands, toilin? hard is their fate.
VERSE 2
We miss all these people, think about them each day
We hope they'll return, that they're not gone to stay
But our prospects grow weaker, more companies shut down
And the fish don't return to the old fishing grounds.
CHORUS
The marble orchard sits in a field by the sea
That's the place where all our ancestors should be
But so many left home to make a livin' far away
To chase their dreams, nine-to-five every day.
INSTRUMENTAL OVER VERSE
VERSE 3
As we all grow older, we wonder what?ll happen to our sons
Will they find work here or sail into the Western sun
Like so many before leavin? us all alone
Thinkin? bout our kin and this rock we call home.
CHORUS + INSTRUMENTAL + TAG
They?ve gone and left a field by the sea
© Joe Wiseman 2006