John Clare's Dream (Electric)

from Floodplain (2000) by Shaun Belcher

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The lost electric version of a song later covered by Claudia Scott on her album of the same name.

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JOHN CLARE'S DREAM

I've been walking these fields since the sun came up,
Don't know who I am, I am not gonna give up,
Well the corn is ripe, and it's about to fall,
There's no need to fight anymore,

Walk with me, walk with me,
In John Clare's dream.

Sky so blue, trees so green,
I watch the fish jumpin' in a clear blue stream,
I've been walking these fields since the sun came up,
I don't know which way I'm going in this world I love,

The nitrates are drifting, the pesticide is leaking,
They're spraying from the air, I feel I am choking,
Somewhere deep in the sap, somewhere on these leaves,
I can hear you breathing hard, can hear you scream,

Our wells are poisoned, the roots are bare,
There's blood on the landing-stage, how did it get there?
The sleet is biting now through the old beech trees,
We don't know if wer'e headed down a one way street.

Walk with me to the edge of this stream
In John Clare's dream.
Walk with me to the edge of the world.

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from Floodplain (2000), released January 1, 2000

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