Parched Land

Lyrics

[TRACK TITLE: PARCHED LANDS] [VERSE 1] sun beat hard on the brow o’ the down, dust in the field an’ the edge o’ the town, the Ouse ran low an’ the Uck near dry, not one drop fallin’ from that white-hot sky. old Mister Lunn said, “oi seen it afore — round ’ere it’s all or nothin’, that’s sure.” [CHORUS] parched lands, parched lands, dry to the bone, chalk on the hill an’ dust on the stone, no rain comin’, day after day, Sussex wunt be druv away. when the hard times come, us knows what is true — oi stand by mine, an’ mine stand too. [VERSE 2] grass turned yellow, the ’edges hung low, streams where us paddled got nowhere to go, fields cracked open, the cattle stood still, heat lay heavy from valley to hill. funny old county — flood one year, then us spends all summer prayin’ for rain. [CHORUS] parched lands, parched lands, dry to the bone, chalk on the hill an’ dust on the stone, no rain comin’, day after day, Sussex wunt be druv away. when the hard times come, us knows what is true — oi stand by mine, an’ mine stand too. [VERSE 3] so ’ere’s to the family, ’ere’s to the friends, them as stay close when the good weather ends, when land turns hard an’ the long days burn, they keep us steady till better days turn. the earth may thirst beneath that blue — but oi’ve got mine, an’ mine come through. [FINAL CHORUS] parched lands, parched lands, dry to the bone, chalk on the hill an’ dust on the stone, no rain comin’, day after day, Sussex wunt be druv away. whatever the season puts us through — oi stand by mine, an’ mine stand too.