On That Hill

from Congeries by Joseph Houck

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lyrics

Swathes of leaves on that well-worn path
In their earthen gully graves
The woods grow dim, the beasts come out
From their hidden mountain caves

His old plank shack in shadows black
In sweat and pride was built
Veiled in vines, the once straight lines
Did sag and drag and tilt

Chorus:
The grass grows high
And in the wind it sways
And the sun beats down on that hill

On that hill they call his grave:

There’s a creek runs down, springs from the ground
Not too far, where he would drink
In the summer heat he’d soak his feet
And rest awhile and think

And he held the girl he called his wife
They tilled and grew their crop
And when the harvest finally came
She was about to pop

Chorus

There he died at a ripe old age
His son grown, his wife gone
Next to her he was buried
On that hill they both called home

His shack--no room-- an empty tomb
And the trail would disappear
But the spring would flow, and it would know
At last that he was here

Chorus

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from Congeries, released October 19, 2018
Joseph Houck- vocals, guitars, bass, organ
Marty Lucas- piano

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Joseph Houck Boone, North Carolina

Singer-songwriter from the mountains of North Carolina

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