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A rainstorm was threatening on Decoration Day
My old man shook me out of bed
Said, "Get your shoes; come on downstairs. It's time that you learned
Where this family lays to rest its dead."

We took that pickup to the graveyard outside town
The entire ride, neither of us spoke
My old man had some flowers he grew with his own hands
He laid them by the tombstones of his folks

There lies my great-great-granddad, and I never knew
He marched down to Dixie in Union blue
Raised 13 kids and he plowed a field and until the day he died
He never quite recovered from those wounds

We planted all the flowers and got back to the truck
The radio was playing a sad old country tune
My old man squeezed my hand, and he put that truck in gear
Said, "The rain's gonna start falling soon."

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from Eight Rows at a Time​/​On Decoration Day, track released December 3, 2013
Fred Love ... guitar/vocals
Reggie Greenlaw ... mandolin
Curtis Snook ... fiddle

Written by Fred Love

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Fred Love Ames, Iowa

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Fred Love is an Americana singer, songwriter and guitarist from Ames, Iowa. He mixes country and roots influences with a DIY/punk delivery to create a ruggedly original musical approach. He often performs as a solo artist but also teams up with drummer Cal Rebuhn and bassist Pat Blair, forming a sizzling cowpunk three-piece known as Fred Love and the Bakersfield Brawl. ... more

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