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Bottomland

from Martin Gilmore by Martin Gilmore

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    Martin Gilmore's first album. Released in 2009, it features some of Colorado's finest acoustic talent including Eric Thorin on bass, Todd Livingston on Dobro, Rich Zimmerman on Mandolin, Pete Wernick and Aaron Youngberg on banjo, Justin Hoffenberg on Fiddle and Erin Youngberg on Vocals. Produced by Travis Book. Recorded at Notably Fine Audio in Denver, Colorado by Colin Bricker and Mario Casillo. Mastered at Yes Master studios, Nashville.

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lyrics

(Martin Gilmore Timtomtodd music, ASCAP)

It hasn’t rained in the bottomland you can hear the farmers cry
If we don’t get a storm soon the crops will turn brown and die
I can’t feel sorry for them though their crops are going dry
Cause they own a farm with bottom land and I’m on a hillside

Clearing rocks out one by one to make some soil to grow
A few things to feed ourselves and sell in the town below
But it takes so long to get them there on the trip they wilt and dry
Before we can even get them there they’re nothing anyone would buy

And I’ve heard them talk about me as I plow the rocky soil into a row
I’ve seen them sit and watch me as they rest on their porches below
What they don’t seem to understand while they’re watching me
Is the farther up the mountain the harder life seems to be

I’ve seen their precious soil plowed into a fertile brown
Surrounded by the green green grass on the road into the town
Their fancy houses whitewashed their barns of bloody red
While the dirt around my shack is as gray as the dead

If I could get some bottomland and acre for my plow
I could work half as hard and get twice as much as now
I could get it into town and sell it on the street
And still have time to spend at home with my family

And I’ve heard them talk about me as I come down to the town
His crops are dry and old and bad why does he even bother to come down
If I could get some bottomland make life easier for me
The higher on the mountain the harder life seems to be

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from Martin Gilmore, released July 31, 2010
Martin Gilmore: Guitar and Vocals; Aaron Youngberg: Banjo; Eric Thorin: Bass; Rich Zimmerman: Mandolin; Justin Hoffenberg: Fiddle; Erin Youngberg: Harmony Vocals

Produced by: Travis Book

Engineered by Colin Bricker and Mario Casillo at Notably fine audio in Denver, CO.

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Martin Gilmore is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, mandolinist and recording artist from Denver, Colorado. He is an instructor of folk and bluegrass music at the University of Northern Colorado and at Swallow Hill Music Association.

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