"Troubles Down" I’ve been dreaming we had a well Like they did before those ’32 gusts from hell Took their soil off in the air And in this dream the water was flying And so were you, and so was I So we just hovered there To feel the Northern running through our hair
It’s been too hot and too still for too long Even Emerald Mountain is brown
CHORUS: I know the wind will feel better now When it’s pushing down the rain To bring this valley back its sound And blow these tired troubles down Like falling leaves off aching trees
You beat it into the hardened ground With just a prayer that somewhere around this time it’ll give Enough life again that we can live And like the trees I’ve been hanging low But there’s a drop in the dust and a gust begins to blow I feel the limbs rise up
You’ve always wanted to dig in the cool rain The roof is ringing loud
CHORUS
Emerald River will run again Washing down the curses of hard ground It’s going to be soft, and going to be easy Like it was a hundred years ago