Divide, Saskatchewan from Nuisance Ground by Brad Proudlove

She says that’s how daddy did it
Well Look how that worked for him
40 years of endless tilling
Ain't got a dime to show for it

Mama raised me on the scriptures
But they seem to’ve slipped my mind
Everybody’s got their secrets
Just not so sure which ones are mine

I’m too damn old
To kneel down and pray
Wouldn’t do no good
anyway

Drag her sideways like a discer
Just to get her off the couch
What’s at the bottom of that bottle
she’s still tryin’ to work it out

Seen her peering off the deep end
Tellin’ folks she’s doin fine
Must be a difference of opinion
She’s always been so good at lyin’

It’s too damn cold
To dig a grave
Just hold that thought
For another day

I say that’s why daddy did it
She says shut your thankless mouth
But by tonight she won’t remember
What all the fighting was about

What was the fighting all about?

• Acoustic
• Saskatchewan
• alt-country
• folk
• homestead
• singer-songwriter
• Rosefield