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Thread #34547   Message #3742202
Posted By: cnd
07-Oct-15 - 06:44 AM
Thread Name: Best Homesick Songs
Subject: Lyr Add: GOODBYE TO THE LOWLANDS
Well, this version was recorded by Cathy Barton, Dave Para, Caroline Patton, David Patton, Sandy Patton, Ed Trickett, and Harry Tuft, but let me know if the lyrics are significantly different

GOODBYE TO THE LOWLANDS

My hometown's been tore down, I can't find my way
With its high gates and houses and my grand-dad's old place
And the last old log house has been bull-dozed away
And lately I wonder just why I should stay

Goodbye to the Lowlands and the green fields of old
Goodbye to the long roads I love to roam
Goodbye to the good friends and the good times I've known
Rollin' away, maybe goin' home

They've landscaped the cornfields, the back roads are paved
And they built lots of houses with false country names
Names of the farms and the fields that they've changed
But they can't hide the truth with what little remains

Goodbye to the Lowlands and the green fields of old
Goodbye to the long roads I love to roam
Goodbye to the good friends and the good times I've known
Rollin' away, maybe goin' home

There's a lot I remember when I told him goodbye
With the deep hurt of parting, I was too lost to cry
There's a lot I remember for a place and a time
They're gone like the rains that once passed in the night

Goodbye to the Lowlands and the green fields of old
Goodbye to the long roads I love to roam
Goodbye to the good friends and the good times I've known
Rollin' away, maybe goin' home

Goodbye to the Lowlands and the green fields of old
Goodbye to the long roads I love to roam
Goodbye to the good friends and the good times I've known
Rollin' away, maybe goin' home

Goodbye to the Lowlands and the green fields of old
Goodbye to the long roads I love to roam
Goodbye to the good friends and the good times I've known
Rollin' away, maybe goin' home

Lyrics transcribed by ear from here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ2czPhGp8o