Fool's Gold

from Ease Back by Emily Haavik & the 35s

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By the time we got the kids to bed you were shaking in your boots
You said you had something to talk about, honey have you heard the news?
Twenty thousand if you roll it right, that old river's bout to burst
Baby don't go, it's nothing but a fool's gold

It took six months to get you there, couple more to get the news
And you're living in a paper tent, I'm here holding up this roof
Every day it takes another man, all with fever in their eyes
Baby come home, the dirt is telling cheap lies

And you dig like a dog all day, don't you think we're animals living this way?
Get your fill and you get out quick,
but it's been three long winters and no sign of you quitting

By the time we got the flowers there, you were dug into the ground
And the dirt you sought your treasure in is where my soul can now be found
Should have figured you were headed for where the streets are lined with gold
Baby go home, I made my peace years ago
Baby go home, there's nothing here but fool's gold

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from Ease Back, released December 7, 2018
Recorded and mixed by Jason McGlone at a cabin and The Hideaway Studios
Mastered by Rob Schlette at Anthem Mastering
Produced by Jason McGlone and Dave Mehling
Album art and design by Dane Pedersen
All songs written by Emily Haavik & the 35s

Emily Haavik - vocals, guitar
Lee Martin - pedal steel
Dave Mehling - keyboard, acoustic guitar
Alyssa Mesedahl - fiddle
Luke Mirau - drums
Matthew Prois - bass
Beau Walsh - banjo
Bryan Wentworth - guitar
Lisa Wentworth - vocals

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