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Pile of Woe

from New Kind of Blue by Joe Flood

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lyrics

Come on, baby, stop your crying
You know you shouldn't bother so
Didn't your mama ever tell you
This world's a pile of woe
What's been born is busy dying
Our fortunes with the four winds blow
Don't dread the night, don't fear tomorrow
Don't let this bed of sorrow grow
You're the dreamy light of a deep wood in its drifting autumn hue
Please don't take my comfort and go
But let's break new ground together and turn it over slow
Plowing this pile of woe

Wild flowers in a green field
Purple, yellow, white, and blue
Wicked weed forever creeping
Weeping willow's crying, too
Some mother's lost her daughter
Some brother's lost his guiding light
Who hears the silent shadows wailing
In the hollow of the night?
But if you bring a sweet song on a bright afternoon
And meet me at the head of a row
We'll sing it shade to shade all up and down the tune
Plowing this pile of woe

Pile of woe
The whole world's a mess of trouble
But I'm looking out for rain
With every grain of hope I sow
Plowing this pile of woe

They say we two are too different
You're a jewel, I'm a thief
But a thief takes for the taking
And I want you to keep
They say we don't have money
But what we've got's what they don't know
This bed of ease, our rock of ages
Where sweet and silver waters flow
And if King Solomon could marry the Pharaoh's daughter
Why can't I marry you who I love so
Take your hand along the sand and walk beside the waters
That wash this pile of woe

Pile of woe
The whole world's a mess of trouble
But I'm looking out for rain
With every grain of hope I sow
Plowing this pile of woe
Plowing this pile of woe
Pile of woe
The whole world's a mess of trouble
But I'm looking out for rain
With every grain of hope I sow
Plowing this pile of woe
Come on, baby, stop your crying

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from New Kind of Blue, released July 10, 2010
Dom Richards, double bass; Diego Voglino, drums; Eric Ambel, twelve-string guitar, electric guitar; Joe Flood, vocal, acoustic guitar, fiddle, slide guitar

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Joe Flood New Haven, Connecticut

Joe Flood is a songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist who has performed, written, and recorded with many of the great names in American roots music, among them The Band, Blues Traveler, Dr. John, Bottle Rockets, Laura Cantrell, Eric Andersen, Happy and Artie Traum, Jim Weider, Eric "Roscoe" Ambel, Jono Manson, and the list goes on! Please visit www.joefloodmusic.com for more information. ... more

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