Workhorse

from Violence by Tyler Butler

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I am young with desire for the yard
a workhorse borne of muscle and lashing of the arm.
I am the old one, a wisdom born of love.

Finding calm in the work to be done
raise a crop to the hillside, be docile and strong
and mount a harness, assign me to a field

Live a stern and patient life.
Be husband to the ground and to a wife.
I have grown so strong and been very good.

I cannot raise a home with these hands
no strength in my muscles can build to withstand
the savage weather that tears across the plains

But there are things you can do for yourself
lend a hand to my aching and rest me back to health
and learn to love me as wrongly as I am

Live a stern and patient life
Be husband to the ground and to a wife
I have grown so strong and been very good

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from Violence, released October 20, 2012
Tyler Butler: Vocals, Guitar
Ashton Richard Klassen: Piano

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