A Thousand Acres of Nothing - 'Aim Morhardt & Lee Early
A Thousand Acres of Nothing - 'Aim Morhardt & Lee Early
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COVER: Origioal warer color by Aim lvlorhardr, lear Oasis in
Fish lake Valley. near Califomia-Neuda border in Eastero Inyo
county. All oder .olor reFoducriols arc fon origioal water colors
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My .anch is mortgagefree.
The banker didn't as.ee wirh me.
He wouldnc lend me cash
On my thousandacresof nothing.
I had a garden too,
Bur rumbleweedw'r rhe crop it grew.
Even the rabbits detor:redround
My thousandacresof norhing.
I'il greet the dawn when I awakea,
My old stove smoLingmy breakfastbacor,.
Tomorrow's a thousandyearsa{ay,
Vith a million starsat the closeo{ day.
My cow'sgor a wistful face,
Staring acrossat my neighboit place.
I II be a covboy yer
On my thousandacresof nothing!
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TRAIL HERD LULLABY
Theret a pasrurein the vailey
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Sobeddos'nyour bones,old whiteface,
For your baby\ standingby.
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bnesome trail herd lullaby.
Theresa pasrurein the valley
Down andout of nounrrio cold,
There'sa havenfor the winrer
Ifhere contenris never old.
Soyou rrail he!d,curbyoui longing,
Ior rhe storm's long past and gone.
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Andalay. . . .hurry up, Pedro.
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Siempremanaoa,where are you going so fast?
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A SONG OUT OF THE PAST
V€srero rrailsknow manya critrer
Followingrhe sweetwater,chokingdovn the bitter.
mans on rhe trdi thxt meansa friend.
Thc single-blanker
Itrhen you meetan old jackjusra nosingroundthe bend.
Sone hxvejacksandson€ hive jennies,
A few of rhemhavenorhitrgand rheresthrve only pennies.
Yet in single- blanketland.you maygo from end to end
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oosinglound the bend.
Up throughrhesageanddown in rhehollow
I! s the jack rharleadsand the nao must follow.
A burrotrail os'm a lazyman,
Up anddown androundabour, asc.sy asyoucan.
This old world s full of troubleandsorow,
Bucrhesingie-blanket man n€verborrowson tomorrow.
The rine of dayis maybeall he hrs to lend
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THE NE\(/COMER
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lies an indianarrowhead.
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Had be€nsanpledyearsbefore.
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the first, I comealone."
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AI1dmy o1'! God doesthe same. . .
You are nor the {irst. . . . nor the last,my son,
I(/here you stakeyour lonelyclaim.
But you still are a mao, and a pioneer,
And the next wiil know 1oz came.
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SXIIENOId AHJ.
DNSERT MAGIC
\fhen the storm falls on a lost lonely range
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It's desertmagic.
Where the surise burns the mountains with gold
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PROSPECTORITUS
Venr our blue - skyingwith my partner
To try and find an old lost mine,
\(ith a bucker,and a pan,and a prospecting hammer,
And a half salloo jus of lable wine.
Ige sachayedup sevetrr€eD canyons,
\/e resredin rhe pinon pine.
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!/EARING THE ITATIR OUT
ICs a long ten miles to our neighbor'swell
And the wagon tracks ate deepwith sand,
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Or the real estateblowing acros.the land.
Our water bamelswere whiskeykegs,
But on secondhandcorn youlant get high,
It's a good thing the dust is nice and cleo
Causethere wont be baths till Fourrh of July.
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RAIN ON THE RANGE
I love the soundof rain on the rooi,
Itk moneyin dre ban!, it s cartleon rhe hoof,
And when it rains I never have a gripe
II my old black stovekeepssmoking his pipe.
I love the min and rhe soog of &e showers,
Sjaging me n tuff of many lazy hours.
I love the sm€llof aDapplewhen ir'sripe
And my old black stoveis smoking his pipe.
You can seethe greengrassgrowing all around.
Popping up to greet the raindtop's sound.
Ivery lighrening streak showsyou dollars in the sky
And my cabin'swarm md my woodt all dry.
Wouldo't trade my cabin for rhat ccde on the hill,
Whik n keepsoo rainingI'll be sirriogsrill,
For I'm a kind of lucky,Iazy,esy goingrype
li/hen my old black stoveis snoking his pipe.
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CRIAXING SADDTES
Nothing s lorely as a creaking snddle!
Nothing's empty as the clear blue sll.
Nothing'swider thanthe plainsaroundme
Vhere the wind is going by.
Nothins'slonely,5 a creakinssaddle,
Nothing s empty asa spring gone dry.
Nothing's bigger than the land around me
\7here my daysare going by.
You ll only hear the soundoi your saddle
Itrhen you are loflesomerco.
Itrhen your trail'sempty
You'I] heni ir g€orly
Singing a song to you.
No.hingt lonely ar a creakingsaddle,
Nothing s empry ar a desertstfeam.
Nothing s longer thafl the trail I wander
Searchingalwnysfor a dream.
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S'IIYU AHJ JO 'NOS
BEYOND
There s alwaysone mofe place to look,
Beyondme lies the range-
The rocksI havenl brokenyet
Lie waiting,new and srange.
There s alwaysofle more plnce to 8l),
The Wesris broadad oes.
There'sso much rock ro sample
Thar I can'radmirerhe view.
In ciriesman js chiefly bored
Twixt officeandhis flat.
He only aadeshis discontent
By wherehe haogshis hat!
There's alwaysone more place to see,
Desert beyondme lies.
I'll only crackmy final rock
Beyondmy spnsetskies,
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BLUEHAZE
Blue haze,westernmagic is blue haze,
Far beyondyou is blue haze
At the turn of your road.
Blue haze,there'sa mysterylraiting
Pastthe step that you're taking
There s a treasureuntold.
Far Sourh,where the long valley opeoj
There's another day wairing
And a place thete for me.
Far East,past the dusty blue mountains
Theres anorherdaydawning
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THI YEAR OF THE HUNGRY RABBIT
IFent our to live in Beairy
W})en rhe midflg flrsh was on,
Itrh€r Rhyolire and Bultfroe
ntrasproducing mighty srong.
I had a liftle hut jusrsourh
of Sarcoba&5 Ftar.
Vith sand,andsage.andwind, andheat
And bea^sto keep me far.
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THE SILLY VOMAN
I followed him from Provircerown
And on to Buffalo
Ife campedout in rhe forest drear
At thirty five belov.
\7e lelt at home my pretty things
But we brought a frying pan
Oh Irrd, why doesa silly woman
Follov a mining mafl?
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CYIVS OOOD{S
PIONEER WOMAN
I lacemy )ife whenanxious*'ind
At midnighrblowsacrossthe lJlain;
Bleakivind thatconeswhcDhopeis 1o*'
Eachnighr ro sios its sadref.ain.
l.fy troubieshrve beenv,ith my kind
S;ocetime and loYebegan-
Oh Lord,why docsa s,omanfollo$ a nan?
By dayny childrencling ro ne
My shoulderoften at rhe $,heel;
My wagonivorld sur.ouodsrnewith
The hurts of orhersI musrheal.
But $hen rheanxiousmidnighr$ind
llo$s blackacrossthe land -
Oh Lord,why doesa womanfollov a nan?
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JUSTA nrrsP OF SMOK!
Justa wispof smokeon thedarkening
sky,
And $'hefeve.it rises,theream I.
My home is the glow of a campfte red,
With my ho$e closeby andmy dustybed.
Jusca wisp of snoke on the eveoingsky.
Irom a sagebrush fire, andhone am L
I'm n strangefin loqn whereI donl fn in,
But underthe sky I'm e nexrof kin.
There'sa starrvrooftreeaboveme
Vher€ I lay my bead.
Its the ancientlodges'heremy fathers
D$'elr beforeme.
And its walls areboundedby
Fddingfljckersol fir€lishq
And it's hometo me
Julr aslong aslife shall last.
Jusra wispof vroke andmy day'scomplet€,
Vhere I kneei with my frypan itr rhe gentle heat.
And I saya Frxyerto the NIanon high,
For my fire andmy food,andmy star'filledsky.
Justa $'isp of snoke,
Just a $'ispof snoke.
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CNUN JUASAC AHI
TTIE OID TRAIIS
The old uails, dre long ttails,
Are lost and gone forever.
Over the desenplaya, over the lava flow.
And &e men atrd womer who walked the traiis
Are the dust oI today and tomorow.
Their gravesrolled llat by the wagon wheels
So that none could guessor know.
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NOIIYdnffO ANIJ V S,'NININ
MEN AREDUST
Men are dust, the iron hasrusted,
Years are gone with rhe drifted sand.
No ooe Lflows who taid the stone
Bur the brick and mortar srnnd.
M€n are dusr, their gut$ have rusted,
Yer the ghosr campssrill live on.
In the wind theit spiria talk
Of the golden dayslong gooe.
A..l .h.."FlFc< h"K
Afld the rcofless homes
lisren still to the deathlesscall,
Ior the haodsthat builr them
Have Ieft their mark
Oo eachmill andsmelterwall.
Men are dusr, thei dreamshave rusted,
They, with tu, go hand in haod.
No one kflows who laid the stone
But the brick and morra! srnnd.