The Fields

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Down by the creek, we would meet.
We would play.
I’ll tell you what we found,
Dead and buried in the ground:
Arthur was his name.

We threw him in the fishing hole
and readied up our poles to try and catch his old age.
The oldest got the first bite.
He pulled with all his might.
Arthur opened his eyes.
He saw the sky and raised his head.
He softly spoke; he said,
“Boys, do you like to skip rocks?”
He threw one and said “life’s begun!”
It skipped a couple of times.
Then it dropped; that life had died.

I sat in the hollow tree,
and I carved my name in its belly.
I will not fail. I will set sail.
And live on after me. After me.

Now that we’re old, and our fishing poles are sold,
so the search is on, days in and days gone.

For that precious line that transcends time
and gives life to those that are young.

The fields where the small ones play.
The fields. The old has gone astray.

Can I close my mind tight enough to play in the fields?
Can I open my heart wide enough to play in the fields?

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from All and Sundry, released September 1, 2000

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All and Sundry Rice Lake, Wisconsin

All and Sundry began playing in 1997 and was based in Rice Lake, Wisconsin below a shoe shop on Messenger Street. The band played shows in Eau Claire, Superior, Rice Lake, Prairie Farm, Chippewa Falls, and Minneapolis before splitting up in 2001.

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