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LAND OF MILK AND HONEY
Buenos días, my friend
It’s good to hear your voice
Me, I’m walking downtown TJ
Looking for some work
Every morning I come down here
Today I may fail
But I can still swing a hammer
And I can still drive a nail

How’s the land of milk and honey?
How’re the boys on the crew?
We built so many houses
We built our whole lives too
My Joey’s still a soldier
And Katie’s almost a nurse
I hear the front lawn’s staying green
That always seemed the hardest work

Yes, my friend, I guess
That you probably heard
They took me one Sunday morning
As we were leaving church
Thirty-five years I paid my taxes
Thirty-five years I called it home
They put me on a bus that night
And told me I didn’t belong


How’s the land of milk and honey?
How’re the boys on the crew?
We built so many houses
We built our whole lives too
My Joey’s still a soldier
And Katie’s almost a nurse
I hear the front lawn’s staying green
That always seemed the hardest work

I don’t know what tomorrow brings
But some nights in the dark
I think about milk and honey
And the woman in my heart
I don’t let myself remember
For too long or too strong
But the life that we had there
Was like a beautiful song

How’s the land of milk and honey?
How’re the boys on the crew?
We built so many houses
We built our whole lives too
My Joey’s still a soldier
And Katie’s almost a nurse
I hear the front lawn’s staying green
That always seemed the hardest work