Truesingers song - "Time Hangs Heavy"

[avevale_intelligencer]

Flat land stretching far as I can see
Sun like a wheel burning down on me
And I'm standing here wond'ring what a woman alone can do
Well, I've tried all my life and I done my best
But there ain't no money in the old oak chest
And the winter's coming on, I don't know if I can make it through

Change been coming for a long time now
Something got to happen but I don't know how
The streams got dammed and the rivers run dry
And the plain folk starve while the fat cats are living high...

CHORUS
And Time hangs heavy on my empty hands
Time hangs heavy on this broken land
It's been way too long trying to find the way
To a brighter world and a better day

Crops haven't grown for a year or more
Tax man camping outside my door
But if I get sick, ain't nobody gonna want to know
Kids got taken into foster care
I think they're still alive, but I don't know where
People talk about family values but it's just for show

The media tell you everything's okay
If you just sit quiet all the bad will go away
They use fear and greed to keep us apart
And it's hard right now to see the way to a brand new start...

CHORUS

(Seeds sprout, blossoms spread,
New life comes from what is dead.
Pluck the fruit, harvest the grain,
Cut down the old so the new can grow again...)

It's been a damn hard life since my man got took
And I been looking for the answers in the holy book
But all it ever tells me is be happy with what you got
So I went to the city just to state my case
But every door I tried to open got slammed in my face
And I was standing on the bridge when the woman next to me got shot

Now I've come back home, nowhere else to go
And the rage inside me still burns and grows
'Cause the rot's at the top and the cure is the knife
And we've got to stand together if we want to make a better life...

CHORUS

Time hangs heavy...
Time hangs heavy...
Time hangs heavy...

Tune coming.