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I think the group Sugarland has spent time in my hometown....

"Fly Away"
by Sugarland

Oh I swear this town gets smaller everyday,
and I'm waitin for my chance.
I'm gonna break away.
I'm so sick and tired of being told what's good for me.
People got lots of ideas, of who I'm supposed to be.

[Chorus]
Angel carry me, oh so far away.
May my body never... touch the ground.
And If I promise you that I'll be back someday,
will you set me free so I can fly away?

Fly away... fly away...

Well most folks here well they don't dig too deep.
They can't dream too big... ummmmhmmm...
cause they've got fields to keep
I could walk away and leave my family.
Or get buried alive in this legacy.

[Chorus]

I wanna sleep under a different piece of sky
I wanna live a little bit before I die
I wanna be so close to heaven I see angels...

[Chorus]

Fly away... fly away...

It's a really great song... I should have heard it 20 years ago. Now, though, I seem to be wanting to be one of those person who has "fields to keep". I cherish my families ties to the land, and just like when I was a little girl, I would still love to be a farmer's wife... Harvest is coming up, and even though I have only lived farming through spending time with my grandparents, there is this feeling you get when your crops are all harvested and safe, I saw it in my Grandparents, and I see it now in the farmers who are regulars at our store... I have inherited the love of the land from my grandparents, and great grandparents, and great great grandparents who all earned a living from the land in this county.
I used to wish that I could go out and see the world, but I think that at this time in my life, the need for that has passed, and I am really starting to put down roots, which is something that I fought against for years. I seem to be getting old, or something....