"WILL YOUR LAND BE SUBDIVIDED (Song for Farmington)"
(Lyrics: Erin Weaver; melody: "Will the Circle Be Unbroken")

(Spoken intro)
I'd only seen him once or twice--
The entrepreneurial polo-shirt type--
He bought up the land wherever he could;
Said, "We need more houses in the neighborhood."

I was watching from my window
When they ploughed the old hill down;
Milkweed and blackberry bushes
Lying broken on the ground.

Used to play there, 'round the willow,
Chasing fireflies by the moon.
Now that meadow, neatly gridded,
Will be little, square lawns soon.

(chorus)
Will your land be subdivided
By the realtor and his cash?
Will they put up vinyl houses
And pave over all the grass?

Well, that meadow's day of changing
Will be hard enough to stand;
Should they try and chop that willow,
They will have blood on their hands.

Every town must find a balance;
Times are changing, always will.
Though we're running out of green fields,
We will fight to keep them still.

(chorus)

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