Gordon Bok - Changing times

The ^Cgrasses grow ^G7tall 'til the hay it is ^Cmown Then the fields lie ^G7still till the new seed is ^Csown ^C7 Many children standing ^Fhere have watched the grass wave in the ^Cwind We're the ones who stand here ^G7now, but many others will a^Cgain

Long, long ago these ^G7fields and the crops that they grew ^Chere Might decide a family's ^G7fate for, say, another ^Cyear ^C7 Like the grasses that grow ^Ftall and get cut down for the ^Chay So generations moved in ^G7here, made their marks and moved a^Cway

And the fields lie ^G7still till the new seed is ^Csown And the grasses grow ^G7tall till the hay is ^Cmown ^C7 Many children standing ^Fhere have watched the grass wave in the ^Cwind We're the ones who stand here ^G7now, but many others will a^Cgain

After clearing off the ^G7land and piling up their long stone ^Cwalls They walked miles for the ^G7seed, then they hoped the good rains ^Cfall ^C7 And if the rains come down ^Fright and all the crops grew tall and ^Cstrong Families had enough to ^G7eat for another winter ^Clong

The ^Cgrasses grow ^G7tall 'til the hay it is ^Cmown Then the fields lie ^G7still till the new seed is ^Csown ^C7 Many children standing ^Fhere have watched the grass wave in the ^Cwind We're the ones who stand here ^G7now, but many others will a^Cgain

Perhaps the time will come a^G7gain when these fields will mean ^Cmore And we'll learn to care for ^G7them as others did so long be^Cfore ^C7 And like the seed that's newly ^Fsown and springs to life with sun and ^Crain People's lives may grow to ^G7know the value of these fields a^Cgain

And the fields lie ^G7still till the new seed is ^Csown And the grasses grow ^G7tall till the hay is ^Cmown ^C7 Many children standing ^Fhere have watched the grass wave in the ^Cwind We're the ones who stand here ^G7now, but many others will a^Cgain We're the ones who live here ^G7now, but many others will a^Cgain