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Counting Sheep

from Lineage by Farewell Friend

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Song by Tom Troyer
(ASCAP)

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Father once miscounted his sheep.
Thinking one was lost or asleep
he and his brothers went searching
While a hunter walked alone in the forest
he fell asleep beneath an old oak tree.
He dreamed he died and his soul roamed free
As the moon caught the mist and the wind chased the stars
The brothers all wandered till morning
When my father again counted his sheep
All of those lambs had returned to the keep.
The hunter woke up under his oak tree
He drew a cross and he leveled his aim
He called a shot but the blast never came
As the moon caught the mist and the wind chased the stars.
Father worked the farm until sundown
Grandpa broke the bread and they all bowed their heads
For the lamb they gave thanks as they ate
The hunter woke up under his oak tree.
The farmers daughter sat there laughing at him.
She’d drawn a raspberry stain on his cheek
As the moon caught the mist and the wind chased the stars
and the pendulum swings and the weakest all found wings.

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from Lineage, released June 11, 2018
Recorded, performed, mixed, and mastered by Tom Troyer. Special thanks to Julia Houghton for letting me use the piano.

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Farewell Friend North Carolina

Farewell Friend is a North Carolina based folk rock band. Farewell Friend’s music is first and foremost an exploration of poetry and narrative

Tom - singer, songwriter, guitar
Evan - upright bass, moog, rickenbacker
Caleb - violin and telecaster
Zac - drums
Featuring Kevan Chandler on harmonica and Galen Clark on mandolin.

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