As monty python would say - and now for something completely different
This was written to a brief - make a song based on the picture on soundcloud.
Neal and Barb are on the left coast of Canada - Neal wrote the lyrics and Barb sang the vocals.
I'm to blame for the music and production. Comments welcome on all the above
https://soundcloud.com/paulcanuck/too-many-men-collab-with-neal-klassen-feat-barb-on-vocalsToo Many MenHolbrook Nebraska, nineteen thirty-one
Dust-beaten fields in the withering sun
The Speakeasy’s busy when the corn ain’t growin’
And too many men leave too many women all alone
Sweat stained nights and hard bitten days
Rumours of work down Arkansas way
It’s five weeks out, then four days home
Too many men leave too many women all alone
But the floor needs sweeping and the hens need keeping
And there’s wood needs splittin’ in the shed
Now, children stop cyrin ‘cause mama’s busy fryin’
Flour dough to keep your bellies fed
California called him, but the mail must be slow
His letters stopped coming six months ago
I’m minding the nest ‘cause Papa-bird’s flown
Too many men leave too many women all alone
I’m minding the nest ‘cause Papa-bird’s flown
Too many men leave too many heartaches at home
