Lift

They Don’t Do That No More
Dave Gunning, Jim Dorie 

They walked everywhere they went and sailed on the wind
Wasn’t even that long ago some still remember when
You could drink the rivers and eat from every shore
Well the tides come and go they don’t do that no more

There were dance halls all around there was one on Green Hill,
Where the good old boys and folks from town and all the women dressed to kill
Many met their sweethearts wrote letters back and forth
Now that’s all been changed they don’t do that no more

They don’t do that no more they don’t do that no more
They don’t write letters back and forth
They don’t do that no more

Every family had a garden somewhere in the yard
Comforting to know you’d always eat if times got hard
And homemade bread was common so was being poor
Now there’s credit cards and big box stores they don’t do that no more

They don’t do that no more they don’t do that no more
They spend more than they can afford
They don’t do that no more

They used to camp there with their kids they’d play in the water
The Landing had a fishing fleet she was good as any other
They’d swim out to Pine Island boil fresh dug clams on shore
Then the big mill started going they don’t do that no more

They don’t do that no more they don’t do that no more
There’s poison on the harbour floor
They don’t do that no more
They don’t do that no more
They don’t do that no more

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from Lift, track released July 10, 2015
Dave Gunning, Jim Dorie

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