Lyrics
[4/4, brightly]
DEAD FISHES
--J. Wrabek
In early spring, the fields were ripe with barley, oats and hay;
That?s what my grandpa told me, before he passed away;
I ain?t never seen a barley, they sell oatmeal at the store,
And we don?t need any hay ?cause there?s no horses any more.
CHORUS:
Hey, nonny, hey, nonny, where did you go?
?Went down to the river, where the pretty waters flow;
Red, green and yellow, passing out with the tide,
And I stood among the fishes and I watched ?em while they died.?
Grandpa called ?em ?signs of hope??veggies in the dirt;
He said y? had to weed ?em, and it sounds like lots of work;
Now, the garden don?t grow anything?it comes from somewhere else?
But the dirt?s a pretty color?too bad about the smell.
CHORUS:
Hey, nonny, hey, nonny, where did you go?
?Went down to the river, where the pretty waters flow;
Red, green and yellow, passing out with the tide,
And I stood among the fishes and I watched ?em while they died.?
Grandpa talked of breezes that didn?t hurt your eyes,
And rain that didn?t burn the skin and make you stay inside;
He had pictures of some birds and bees, and other things that flied?
They all were pretty ugly, I ain?t surprised they up and died.
CHORUS:
Hey, nonny, hey, nonny, where did you go?
?Went down to the river, where the pretty waters flow;
Red, green and yellow, passing out with the tide,
And I stood among the fishes and I watched ?em while they died.?
At night I think of Grandpa, talkin? vegetables with God,
Peering down to see us through the ashes and the smog;
Saying, ?Meet me up in Heaven, we?ve got barley, oats and hay??
No one?s grown them things on earth since Grandpa passed away.
CHORUS:
Hey, nonny, hey, nonny, where did you go?
?Went down to the river, where the pretty waters flow;
Red, green and yellow, passing out with the tide,
And I stood among the fishes and I watched ?em while they died.?
REPEAT CHORUS TO END
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