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The Half of the Whole

from A Turn Around the Maypole by Thom Carter

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The Half of the Whole

I plough my seeds in the ground
Watch the trees come alive
Peg the washing on the line
And hit the drum out of time

Out of time

Keep your seeds safe
You will need them in the end
In the end

Cut it down
It makes no difference
The seeds are back again

Back again

Nature can kill you
But nature can heal
Learn its ways and learns its stages
As you deal in all the man made world

I see for miles across the desert and the clouds upon my eyes
I hear a banjo playing as the sun is rising up above this house

Innocence is here
In the rust on the porch
In the dust on the fireplace

The way out of the hole
The half of the whole
The half of the whole
The half of the whole

I help you put up the shelves ill help you make your house so beautiful
Put glass inside the window and food upon the shelves
Ill make it just like you are, you never, leave you never go
You are half of me and I am just a half and never whole

Never deviate
Never deviate
Never deviate
Never deviate
Never de…

Never de…

Never deviate
Never deviate

´Cause you are no whole
´Cause you are no whole
´Cause you are no whole

I see the Clouds above the desert form my house
They rain once, once in a while

It hurts me when I see the rain
It hurts hurts hurts hurts me when I see the rain

And when the desert turns into the hills it turns, into the hills it turns, into the grass it turns, into the trees it turns, into the trees it turns, and into me it turns, and into me it turns, can’t you see

Can’t you see my heart in you?


I was here when the ice age traveled to this land
Cutting the great mountain
I was here the ice age traveled across this land
Cutting the great mountain

And I walk in its path
Yeah I walk in its path
Waters gone away
Waters gone away
Waters gone away

Can you see where its been, can you see where its gone?
Can you see where its been, can you see where its gone?
Can you see where its been, can you see where its gone?
Can you see where its been, can you see where its gone?

Gone into a valley
A valley
A valley

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from A Turn Around the Maypole, released August 14, 2022

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