Windmills and Rocking Chairs

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Windmills and Rocking ChairsI drive out from Amarillo, till I see that grove of willowsAnd the old windmill that stands on Granpa's farmand even though no wind is blowin’, that windmill keeps on goin’and scatters all the crows out of the yardAnd there’s two old rockers on the farmhouse porchwhen the day is over they start movin' back n forthwhen sundown rolls across west Texasa spirit rises in the airand it blows across ths farm lonesome and restlessMoving windmills and rocking chairsThough these fields are hard as granite, Granpa justsaid dammitwe'll just raise our crops from rock n sandWhen he wed the baker’s daughter, he swore that hell or high waterWouldn’t move them off this lonely patch of landtonight those leaves are still when the windmill starts to spinthose old chairs start-a-rockin' but it's not the windwhen sundown rolls across west Texasa spirit rises in the airand it blows across ths farm lonesome and restlessMoving windmills and rocking chairsI come here to grieve, to chase away the crowsSweep away the leaves, and leaves a Texas rosenow heaven doesn't lie way beyond the starsit never was that high, it's right here on this farmwhen sundown rolls across west Texasa spirit rises in the airand it blows across ths farm lonesome and restlessMoving windmills and rocking chairs©2007 Joe Harris/Robert George