From the recording Looking Back
"The Grass Is Always Greener On The Other Side Of The Fence". An old adage that describes the temptation to leave what you have in the expectation that it may be better somewhere else. It's often not true. Happiness can be elusive, or it can be right in front of you, you just can't see it.
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Fine
Down in the valley where the maidens look so fine
Made him leave his mountain home, said he’d be back here some time
Nothing more could hold him sept’n if you broke his leg
Better that than leave his home, cause they say he broke his head
It’s fine having nowhere to go. Fine to say you’re happy here, fine to say you’re home
It’s fine having nowhere to go. Fine to say you’re happy here, fine to say you’re home
Nothing more was heard of him we thought for sure he died
Or made it big selling door to door, or working nine to five
The days past by and then some years, and no-one seemed to mind
Then one day he staggered home, half out of his mind
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I still remember seeing him that day in 84
We gathered round outside his house, as they laid him on the floor
He was gasping for that mountain air, trying to fill his lungs
There’s one last thing he had to say, before his day was done
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