Indigo Girls They Won`t Have Me Lyrics

They Won`t Have Me Lyrics

They won't have me, but I love this place.

The rural life is broken, the
farmlands gone to chaff.

My hands are idle, my mind needs rest,

the
toil of the decent and the sleep of the best.



I sit in diners with
the old men,

they talk of work cause it's all they ever did.

They
gave their hearts to Jesus and got serious

They gave up their drinking
and worked for this nothing.



All this love to offer, all this love
to waste.

All this love to offer, all this love to waste.



There's a lame dog on the highway

where the old road used to be.

Now you know what divides us

Is just a difference someone made.

Some got tired of trying, some were just too scared to stay.

We gave
ourselves to nothing and we let 'em have their day.



Now who's
gonna do the planting?

Who's gonna pray for rain?

Who's gonna keep
the farmland

from the sub-division man?



All this love to
offer, all this love to waste.