Glenn's Gonna Buy A Valley

from The Swan by Old Sap

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Glenn's gonna buy a valley,
mom's gonna drop her fear,
I'm gonna find the one I love
and keep her always near.

The lake's gonna fill the mountains,
swallow us all up whole,
and we'll stomp across the past
like dying is our goal.

Like dying is our goal, my love,
like dying is our goal.
We'll stomp across the past
like dying is our goal.

When we make our home
so far away from all the pain,
we won't tell no one about it,
if they ask we won't explain.

We won't force any medicine
on our sick and dying old.
We'll let life tell us when it's time—
to die well is our goal.

To die well is our goal, my love,
to die well is our goal.
We'll let life tell us when it's time—
to die well is our goal.

If you come to visit us
we won't accept no cash.
If you wanna trade us something
you best find it on your path.

We'll kill you if you come here
hunting for some gold.
No currency is worth our lives,
to live well is our goal.

To live well is our goal, old boy,
to live well is our goal.
No currency is worth our lives,
to live well is our goal.

So Glenn's gonna buy a valley—
everyone drop your fear.
Find the thing you love the most
and keep it always near.

Keep it always near, my friend.
Keep it always near.
Find the thing that brings your love
and keep it always near.

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from The Swan, released May 13, 2016

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Old Sap Asheville, North Carolina

Old Sap is a poet-banjoist currently located in Western North Carolina.

Folk, Folk Rock, and Americana.

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