Two Hands on the Plow

from Arkansas by Reece Sullivan

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Verses written 2004, El Dorado, AR, and 2007, Black Mountain, NC. Chorus written 2008 or 2009, El Dorado, AR.

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I've looked high
And I've looked low
I though I's learning things
That no one else knows
I've looked under twigs
And I've looked under stones
It was rare that I found much
I could truly call my own
But I've looked high and I've looked low

You told me that you'd love me
And that you'd always do me good
Such kindness I found strange
I little understood
You opened up your soul
And you gave your heart to me
I may've been a drunk
But I was falling at your feet
Oh, you opened up your soul and you gave your heart to me

I made do the only way that I knew how
With a foot down in the ditch
And with two hands on the plow
I wanted more than my fates would allow
And it's hard to say where I'm headed now

I listen to the engine
Of the train that's rolling by
I watch the rain a' falling
And the lightening in the sky
My mind is filled with trouble
And I wish that I could cry
I'd tell you what I's feeling
But it's so hard to describe
I listen to the engine of the train rolling by

I lay here in the darkness
Thinking I might go insane
It seems I cannot move
But I know I cannot stay
There's sorrow in my heart
And madness in my veins
So many things were good
But I destroyed them in many ways
Sorrow in my heart and madness in my veins

I made do the only way that I knew how
With a foot down in the ditch
And with two hands on the plow
I wanted more than my fates would allow
And it's hard to say where I'm headed now

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from Arkansas, track released August 5, 2022
Jim McGee Electric
Rafael Gayol Drums
Arisia Gilmore French Horn

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Reece Sullivan Lafayette, Louisiana

Originally from Arkansas, and now in Lafayette, LA, I play the surrounding areas regularly. Over the course of the years, I've reinvented myself musically many times: piano to guitar, classical to art rock, art rock to folk, flat picking to finger-picking, solely songwriting to performing. My latest incarnation has me playing out often, sometimes touring, and writing and recording consistently. ... more

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