Fields Songtext
von Andy Velo

Who ever thought they could tear up the ground
And make a suburb out of this small town?
They build and they build and keep tackin′ more on
Where have all the fields gone?

That third-generation farm got covered overnight
Folks 'round here didn′t need a high rise
Yeah, tilling up green doesn't mean it ain't wrong
Where have all the fields gone?

Some things are better left alone
But some things a simple man can′t say
This sinking feeling won′t let me go
It's like I′m standing over a grave
Naw, you wouldn't pick apart
And take out the heart of this feeling in old Hank′s song
So where have all the fields gone?


I kissed Jesse back in the corn rows
Same place the county fair used to go
Now that memory is buried under two strip malls
Where have all the fields gone?

Some things are better left alone
But some things a simple man can't say
This sinking feeling won′t let me go
It's like I'm standing over a grave
Naw, you wouldn′t pick apart
And change the guitar in an old Buck Owens song
So where have all the fields gone?

Nobody prays for rain pouring cold concrete
Once it all gets erased, it′s just "used to be's"

Some things are better left alone
But some things a simple man can′t say
This sinking feeling won't let me go
It′s like I'm standing over a grave
Naw, you wouldn′t pick apart
What you know by heart in a King George Strait song
So where have all the fields gone?

Yeah, anyone who said, "Come and tear up our ground"
Oughta be kicked out of town