Fence Post Blues lyrics

words and music by Arlo Guthrie

Sitting down on a country fence post
Sitting down watchin` trucks roll by
Sitting down under the light of day now
You know that I won`t tell you no lies

I`ve been here for an hour or so
And nothing much is going down
I don`t care much anyway
Because you know I`ve been around

Here on the edge of the green fields growing
And the sunlight warming all around
And the blowing of the early mist in the morning
You know that I don`t hear a sound

Till once in a while, when a truck rolls by,
Carrying a overload
I don`t wanna go nowhere right now
I feel like my future sold

Stand on the good land children
You know that it won`t do you in
I must have been here one time before
But I wonder where the hell I`ve been

Early in the morning when the sun comes up
And I`m walkin` all around the field
Thinkin` to myself about the city life scenes
And man you know they ain`t for real

All you got to do is stick your foot in your mouth
And tell it where you want to go
End up talkin` to yourself some time
Alone along a country road

Stand on the good land children
I feel like I`m bound to stay
And do the same this morning
Like I went and did yesterday

Stand on the good land children
You know that it won`t do you in
I must have been here one time before
But I wonder where the hell I`ve been
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