The Sunken Lands
Rosanne Cash * Track #2 On The River & The Thread
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The Sunken Lands by Rosanne Cash
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Rosanne CashProduced by
John LeventhalAbout
In a January 2014 NPR interview with Steve Inskeep, Cash recalled, “My dad said his first memory – at three years old, moving into that house – was there were five cans of paint sitting in the front of his freshly-painted new home … It was part of a New Deal project, built in 1935: 500 cottages, wit...
The Sunken Lands Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Five cans of paint
And the empty fields
The dust reveals
[Verse 2]
The children cry
The work never ends
There's not a single friend
[Chorus]
Who will hold her hand
In the sunken lands?
[Verse 3]
The mud and tears
Melt the cotton bolls
It's a heavy toll, oh-oh
[Verse 4]
His words are cruel
And they sting like fire
Like the devil's choir, oh-oh
[Chorus]
But who will hold her hand
In the sunken lands?
[Verse 5]
The river rises
And she sails away
She could never stay, oh-oh
[Verse 6]
Now her work is done
In the sunken lands
There's five empty cans
The Sunken Lands Q&A
Who wrote The Sunken Lands's ?
The Sunken Lands was written by John Leventhal & Rosanne Cash.
Who produced The Sunken Lands's ?
The Sunken Lands was produced by John Leventhal.
When did Rosanne Cash release The Sunken Lands?
Rosanne Cash released The Sunken Lands on Tue Jan 14 2014.