This Land

from Take My Umbrella (EP) by Dave LaBoone

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This land once told me that even I could dream
Brave and the bold in the land of the free
This land once told me that even I could dream
But why won't it weep for me?

This trail is littered with treasures and woe
Fountain still flowing with pleasures and more
Some get more treasures most get more woe
Now why won't she weep for me?

I'm stepping toward the line tonight
What have I got to lose?
Watch me glow as I am stepping out
Over the line for you

Trenches between us / a stream of mothers' tears
While, blinded, they see me the face behind their fear
All that once joined us has quickly disappeared and now
Why won't they weep for me?

I'm stepping up to the line tonight
What have I got to lose?
Watch me glow as I am stepping out
Over the line for you

Fuel line is frozen / no shoes on my feet
No help from the outside, not much to eat
My twenty at the outset have dwindled down to three and now
Who's gonna weep for me?

I’m stepping 'cross the line tonight
What have I got to lose?
Watch me glow as I am stepping out
Over the line for you

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from Take My Umbrella (EP), released January 14, 2022

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Dave LaBoone Columbia, South Carolina

musician, father, teacher, songwriter, tongue cancer survivor

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