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Strawberry Fence

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lyrics

I built a six foot fence but no gate
So the barred rocks run loose anyway
And a red tailed hawk will pick one off every once in a while
I try not to let it bother me
I built a strawberry bed to the west of the greenhouse
I dug myself a grave and lined it in sandstone
One of these days when the sun shines bright on the strawberry flowers
Maybe 60 years from now you’ll have to lay me down

Some are red and summer green, rhubarb stems and apricot leaves
The wood’s all cut, the cistern’s full, let’s raise a glass to growing older

When we run out of our summertime moonlit walks
Down through the pasture to the banks of the Silver creek
I know my heart will still long for your company
Down by the water’s edge for Orion’s farewell

I changed the points and the coil and it runs now
The steering gear needs replaced
But there’s too much work and no time to waste
So I keep tension on the linkage with the toe of my right boot
I try not to let it bother me
I set the rows while the girls lay potatoes with eyes to the sky
We covered them up while the sky turned dark and the sun burned red
I climbed the silo to see if the fire was headed our way
It was too far off to see but I felt that fear rising up in me

I’m not afraid of going to rest
I’m not afraid of dying
I’ll spend the moments that I have left
Out in the garden with you.

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from John Depew, released February 16, 2021
John Depew-12 string guitar, vocal

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bluegrass-adjacent songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. frier of chicken, salad eater, coffee drinker.

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