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♪ The house arrived in pieces ♪

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♪ Shipped in crates across the prairie on 
a railway and delivered by men ♪

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♪ The porch faced northward, we didn’t look 
back ♪

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♪ A meager kingdom guarded idly by a fieldstone 
wall ♪

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♪ (Mmmm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mmmm) ♪

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♪ The swallows came in April ♪

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♪ They took up shelter underneath the bridge 
we built across the creek in May ♪

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♪ And we lay down beneath the elm ♪

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♪ A wooden tower where we cowered while the 
hailstones fell ♪

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♪ But the roads are marching up ♪

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♪ And the trees are bowing down ♪

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♪ There’s a line of stakes to mark the fate 
of our home ♪

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♪ (Mmm-mmm, mmm-mmm) ♪

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♪ (Hmm-hmm, mm-mm-mm-mmm-mmm) ♪

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♪ But the roads keep marching up (They have 
breached the ridge) ♪

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♪ And the trees keep bowing down (They’ve 
reached the bridge) ♪

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♪ There’s a field of stakes to mark the graves 
of our hopes ♪

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♪ The swallows go south ♪

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♪ The elm wilts away ♪

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♪ How much would you pay to keep the earth 
we turned ourselves? ♪

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♪ The bridge washes out ♪

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♪ The elm fades to gray ♪

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♪ How much will they pay to take the earth 
we turned ourselves? ♪

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♪ It’s only borrowed anyhow ♪

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♪ It’s only borrowed anyhow ♪

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♪ Awww, it’s really stolen anyhow ♪

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