[Chorus 1]
The grasses grow tall til the hay it is mown
Then the fields lie still till the new seed is sown
Many children standing here have watched the grass wave in the wind
We re the ones who stand here now, but many others will again
[Verse]
Long, long ago these fields and the crops that they grew here
Might decide a family s fate for, say, another year
Like the grasses that grow tall and get cut down for the hay
So generations moved in here, made their marks and moved away
[Chorus 2]
And the fields lie still till the new seed is sown
And the grasses grow tall till the hay is mown
Many children standing here have watched the grass wave in the wind
We re the ones who stand here now, but many others will again
[Verse]
After clearing off the land and piling up their long stone walls
They walked miles for the seed, then they hoped the good rains fall
And if the rains come down right and all the crops grew tall and strong
Families had enough to eat for another winter long
[Chorus 1]
The grasses grow tall til the hay it is mown
Then the fields lie still till the new seed is sown
Many children standing here have watched the grass wave in the wind
We re the ones who stand here now, but many others will again
[Verse]
Perhaps the time will come again when these fields will mean more
And we ll learn to care for them as others did so long before
And like the seed that s newly sown and springs to life with sun and rain
People s lives may grow to know the value of these fields again
[Chorus 2]
And the fields lie still till the new seed is sown
And the grasses grow tall till the hay is mown
Many children standing here have watched the grass wave in the wind
We re the ones who stand here now, but many others will again
We re the ones who live here now, but many others will again