Gone Gonna Rise Again
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I remember the year my granddaddy died
Gone, gonna rise again
Dug his grave on the mountainside
Gone, gonna rise again
I was too young to understand
The way he felt about the land
But I could read his history in his hands
Gone, gonna rise again
Corn in the crib, apples in the bin
Gone, gonna rise again
Time in the smokehouse, cotton in the gin
Gone, gonna rise again
Cows in the barn and hogs in the plot
You know he never had a lot
But he worked like the devil for the little he'd got
Gone, gonna rise again
Those apple trees on the mountainside
Gone, gonna rise again
He planted the seeds just before he died
Gone, gonna rise again
I guess he knew that he'd never see
The red fruit hanging from the tree
But he planted those seeds for his children and me
Gone, gonna rise again
High on a ridge above the farm
Gone, gonna rise again
I think of my people that have gone on
Gone, gonna rise again
Like a tree that grows in the mountain grounds
The storms of life have cut them down
But the new wood springs from the roots underground
Gone, gonna rise again