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When the Stalks Are Low

from It Always Starts With Something by ROSCOE TRIPP

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Roscoe Tripp wrote a six-verse folk song about an oak tree. Then decided it should be loud and dancy.

lyrics

Verse 1:
Now on the way to work I drive past a field of wheat,
and when the stalks are low sometimes I stop in the street.
Because there’s only one tree there and its branches are all bare.
Something about its absent leaves,
says it’s ok to be lonely.

Verse 2:
So if a lonely oak can move me to tears,
than your gentle voice should dispel all my fears.
But, no matter what you have to say, they just don’t go away.
No word or phrase could lead me through
this maze of mirrors.

Verse 3:
Because I’m seeing the same thing in each new pane.
Every time I change the reflection stays the same.
And now, suddenly, there’s too many of me.
The only way out is up or down.
I think I know the way.

Chorus:
I said this would be the last time.
Just like the first time it was the last time.
I took a drive down Glen Arm.

Verse 4:
Now, on the way to work I drive past a homeless man.
Same green shirt, shoes he found in a garbage can.
He don’t want your pity. He just wants your money.
He found out a long time ago.
You don’t have to work to be a man.

Verse 5:
So I stay awake and I force myself to drive.
And I stay happy now until the moment I arrive.
Then they keep you at your desk. You’re under arrest.
Homeless man told me nothing else,
makes you feel less alive.

Verse 6:
After work I drive due north to Glen Arm,
and I stare at that tree like a giant lucky charm.
Then I bring the truck around and cut that fucker down.
Now my commute can stay naïve,
When I pass by this farm.

Chorus:
I said this would be the last time.
Just like the first time it was the last time.
I took a drive down Glen Arm.

Outro:
I said this would be the last time.
I swore it.

credits

from It Always Starts With Something, track released December 2, 2022
Written by: Roscoe Tripp
Vocals: Roscoe Tripp and Dawn Fine
Guitars: Roscoe Tripp
Keys: Roscoe Tripp
Bass: Roscoe Tripp
Drums: Andy Hamburger
Recording Engineers: Ken Schubert and Greg Fine
Mixing Engineers: Gabe Wolf and Greg Fine
Mastering Engineer: David Blackman (Hiltongrove)

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