DEEP SEEDED
I've been plowing these same fields for nearly thirty years
And ain't no great visions ever magically appeared
Just the sight of me standing here
Alone with my regrets and all of my deep seeded fears
There's so much work to be done
Once the summer comes the engine hums as the tractor runs
Seven days a week I'm out here in the sun
Back in my familiar place
Even though a new season has begun
It keeps the family fed
It's a dependable trade
It's the choice that I've made
For the last three decades
I've been living the same exact day
Never followed through on the things I say
Year by year my childhood dreams have faded further away
And now the sky is beginning to turn gray
Slowly my fields of wheat are turning into hay
All those conversations I've had with myself
Are becoming hearsay
This is the price I pay for being too afraid
I let myself down and now I feel betrayed
I've been plowing these same fields for nearly thirty years
And ain't no great visions ever magically appeared
Just the sight of me standing here
Alone with my regrets and all of my deep seeded fears
Looking back...
I think I've overextended my stay
I never merged onto the freeway
I never headed out onto the highway
My car just sat in the driveway