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Song Information:

The lyrics were written for the RPM challenge but the version recorded for the project was too much for a CD I might want to play around the house.

A neighbour once told us that there used to be hundreds of families living on the hill where we live, and that it was wooded and bustling and the stream of people going to mass on a Sunday morning along our road is a thing of living memory.

It's hard to imagine what happened to make ours one of four families on this side of the hill, and in the Dark part of last month's RPM Challenge this song came out.

A complete rewrite of the tune, and the attitude but the Demon is still present.

remind me to find a song image

Song Lyrics:

there's cattle out lowing there's the last of the frost
and the sun going down on the stubble and the cross
and the shadow falling down out in front of the house
The shadow of the Last Tree Standing

I buried the dream of our house and our land
buried the dream of my children
buried my dreams and the things I'd planned
The shadow of the Last Tree Standing

we worked this field and we worked this hill
we worked the byre and we worked the till
worked til the sun went down all still
and the shadow of the Last Tree Standing

I buried the dream of my neighbours smile
buried the dream of the last long mile
buried the dream of growing a while
The shadow of the Last Tree Standing

Well the revenue came and the revenue went
bills to be paid and the money all spent
food on the table or paying the rent
and the Shadow of the Last Tree Standing

And I dreamt one night of this hillside steep
dreamt of the forest both wide and deep
and the laughter of children jumping the leap
In The shadow of the Last Tree Standing

2007 Sg Walker