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Waiting for the Creek to Rise

from Given Day by Natalie Tate

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lyrics

WAITING FOR THE CREEK TO RISE

i got two strong hands
gonna make a better plan
where every man is a landlord
where every man is a landlord

if we can make it out West
God will give us the rest
we'll build a home in the ground
we'll build a home in the ground

we'll trade the cattle for grain
and a few years of good rain
seem to follow the plow
they seem to follow the plow

they built a town in a day
how they flashed all that money
player pianos and cars
player pianos and cars

it often seemed like a lie
but the prices kept goin' higher
maybe the hard times were through
maybe the hard times were through

we were meant to see the sunrise
the earth shouldn't have filled the sky
and when the winds would whip us dry
we could always wait for the creek to rise

well soon the highs turned to lows
the stocks fell and the banks froze
but we had our land
we still had our land

so when the price hit the floor
we just planted even more
tryin' to make up the loss
tryin' to make up the loss

but the grain just sat there in piles
rotting there by the rails
the hungry waited in line
the hungry waited in line

we were meant to see the sunrise
the earth shouldn't have filled the sky
and when the winds would whip us dry
we could always wait for the creek to rise

many things cast their shadows
but that's the life that we know
prairie fires and floods
prairie fires and floods

but even then we could plan
the wheels of fortune would come 'round again
they'd come 'round again

well those winds have always blown
but they'd never taken the gold
we had in the ground
took years to come back down

we were meant to see the sunrise
the earth shouldn't have filled the sky
and when the winds would whip us dry
we could always wait for the creek to rise

we could always wait
we could always wait for the creek to rise

credits

from Given Day, released March 29, 2013
Natalie Tate - guitar & vocals
Kris Drickey - backup vocals
Jeremy Averitt - slide guitar
Macon Terry - upright bass

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Natalie Tate Denver, Colorado

Natalie Tate's indie-folk-pop music merges the roots sensibilities of her Colorado home with the planes of a more ethereal land. Drawing comparisons to artists Feist, Cat Power and Lykke Li, Tate's voice has a way of bringing us back to the forgotten spaces inside ourselves. Tate was voted Best Singer-Songwriter in the 2016 + 2017 Westword Music Awards and recently made her debut at Red Rocks. ... more

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