From my own fields I can hear the band The high school marching band, oom-pah, oom-pah From several miles away, with merry songs and merry cheers around the homecoming bonfire
That was my grandfather’s hayfield in my youth Before the town and school replaced the past The shaking baling machine compressing grass Where the team captain now gives his whup ‘em speech
I found a terrapin where the cheerleaders dance From my own fields I can see my youth