#------------PLEASE NOTE------------# #This file is the author’s own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study scholarship or research. # #------------# # From Thu May 15 16:55:32 1997 Date: Tue 29 Apr 1997 01:02:16 -0700 > To: Subject: BLUE RODEO > ------------ > Words and Music by: Greg Keelor and Jim Cuddy > >From the CD: Diamond Mine > Lyrics copied from Blue Rodeo website: www.bluerodeo.com > > Key: E > > Intro: > > Esus4 E   Esus4 E > >                   > Verse: > A                             E > I live on this rock where the grass don’t grow > A                    E > Talk is cheap well I ought to know > A                         E > And I’m not proud of this world we’ve made > A > Still it’s a part of you and me >                                 E > And we’re the only ones who can make it change > > Chorus: >           E             B > Many have tried in many ways >               E                             A > All I see are longer rows of crosses on the soldiers’ graves >                E                              B > So do what you have to and when it’s all been said > Love and understanding are the best answers I’ve heard yet >    I’ve heard yet    > > Tell me what’s the price of our achievements > What’s the cost of our pride > When our obvious brutality > Is lost before our eyes > So we choke down the pills > So you don’t have to bother > Trading one hypnotic state for another > > (Chorus) >