COWPIE Country Music Lyrics
vanderveen ad
emigrant family-crd
# Subject: Ad Vanderveen - Emigrant Family Emigrant family [F] [C] [G] [F] [C] [G] They took the [F] family [C] from out of the [G] fields of green Were [F] gone on a one way trip [C] to a far away [G] shore Moving to a [F] country [C] they had never [G] even seen To that old [F] homeland [C] they came back no [G] more [F] [C] [G] They gave up the old farm looking for a better life They'd be running into fortune, they'd be running into harm Working those tobacco fields, fingers bleeding to the bone But out of all hardship, they build a new home Now there's a [C] restless [F] pull to always keep them [G] running Running like the [C] water in a [F] river to the [G] sea And there?s a [C] wonderful [F] feeling of [G] belonging That?s written down and [F] carved [C] into the emigrant family [G] tree [F] [C] [G] [F] [C] [G] My mama was the youngest daughter Gonna have to meet my dad so she stayed behind When their ship was leaving, she stood in the harbor Had I been around back then I swear I would?ve changed her mind Cause there's a [C] restless [F] pull to always [G] keep on running Running like the water in a river to the sea And there's a wonderful feeling of belonging That's written down and carved into the emigrant family tree Well I landed in Canada, it was many years later I looked into a pair of eyes so close, they could've been my own And I could feel those bridges burn, could've sworn there's no return Ah, but I guess it was time to learn about the meaning of a home Just about time to learn about the meaning of a home There's still a restless pull to always keep me running Running like the water in a river to the sea And there's a wonderful sense of belonging Written down and carved into the emigrant family tree Written down and carved into the emigrant family [F] [C] [G] [F] [C] [G]
