The Fields Have Turned Brown

Lyrics: Carter Stanley
Music: Carter Stanley

Played by Old And In The Way in 1973 and by Jerry Garcia with David Grisman in 1992. Thanks to Brad Dilli and Matt Schofield for the lyrics.

I left my old home, to ramble this country
My mother and dad, said son don't go wrong
Remember that God will always watch o'er you
And we will be waiting for you here at home

Chorus
Son don't go astray, was what they both told me
Remember that love for God can be found
But now they're both gone, this letter just told me
Four years they've been dead, the fields have turned brown (note 1)

For many long years, I rambled this country (note 2)
No thoughts of the day when I would return
Now as I go home, to find no one waiting
The price I have paid, to live and to learn

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For years they've been dead, the fields have turned brown