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Hello all,

This song goes way back to early BIAB learning curve. Style C Denver country the only RTs Drums Nashville 2 beat and 365 Guitar Acoustic F pick, everything else is Midi
It’s a subject close to my heart, our inland farmers are being crushed by the drought, they fight on so bravely.
Around me vineyards are being ripped up for development, the culture and tradition lost forever.
Lose your ‘men of the soil’ and you rip out a big part from the heart out of a nation

I see him every day // he always waves and smiles
He’s been working this old land// he’s been here awhile
What can I say about a man that works the soil
Whose hands and his face surely say it all
What can you say if you’ve never been there
You have never lived his life // I wonder if you care
He’s the salt of the earth // he’s the kindest of kind
But his world is a changing he’s being left behind
What does he know of a fancy sales pitch // what could learn digging down a ditch
Well he knows what he needs // what he needs he gets
If he thinks it’s too much // he’s going to give to the next //give it all to the next
So drive your fancy car while you roll the dice //play stakes high /skate around thin ice.
Keep your lady friend in jewels and mink coat
While the bailiff and the judge got a hand on your throat
See the salt of the earth // smile every day // the hardest of times he just blows them away
He knows why you fall but he will still lend a hand// he’s the salt of the earth
He’s raised on the land // he’s a man who loves the land
You see he’s seen it all Wall Street blow away //lost friends in war // no work and no pay
He just knows what he needs// what he needs he gets// if he thinks it’s too much he’s going to give to the next// give it all to the next ……
What you want he don’t need/// what he needs he gets
If he thinks it’s too much he gives it all to the next// he gives it all to the next
“Salt of the Earth” © 12/4/2013/Graham Paddy Gobel