Small Town Wind

As performed by Maxine MacLeod

The wind is blowing by and it rattles the barn door
jingling the chains on the wall
the kids are coming home from the big town
tomorrow they'll be dancing in a small town hall
talkin' on and on about the big town night life
all the children listen with delight
when they're old enough they're gonna go there
and return when that wind blows by.

The tide is coming in with the wash and the driftwood
lovers holding hands along the shore
remember when we used to go there?
til one day came we didn't go anymore
bought a train ticket with the money we'd saved
not knowin' when we'd come this way again
but every mother knew like I now
we'd return when that tide came in

Oh that breeze may blow right through you
with a breath you recognize
some strange deja vu frustration
that you're stuck with through this life
there are rooms and there are cages
there are diamonds in that hole
but we all fall to our places
I guess that's what brought me home

So now I think about tomorrow like I always do
while picking up the toys around the house
and wonder how I ended up here when
the girls I grew up with are long gone now
maybe they got married in a big town church
maybe they're not happy with their lives
I suppose it doesn't matter when your heart's immune
to the song of that wind blowing by

The wind is blowing by and it rattles the barn door
jingling the chains on the wall
the kids are coming home from the big town
tomorrow they'll be dancing in a small town hall
talkin' on and on about the big town night life
all the children listen with delight
when they're old enough they're gonna go there
and return when that wind blows by.

And if they do good they might return in September
but money doesn't always rule a life
especially if you live in our town
here where that wind blows by

especially if you live in our town
here where that wind blows by