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We cut our trees to lumber, we're not needed here no more
Take your hat down from rafters, leave your lunch pail on the floor
Go home to your darlin’ and hold her through the night
Tell her about the white pines and the drunken campfire fights

Oh lost graveyard, how did you come to be
So long and overgrown, forgotten by the years
Oh lost graveyard, how did you come to be
So long and overgrown, forgotten by the years

Go home to your baby, and bounce her on your knee
Let her place those little hands on your eyes and on your cheeks
Go home to your son, and tell him your tall tales
Tell him about the black flies and the axes and the nails

Oh lost graveyard, how did you come to be
So long and overgrown, forgotten by the years
Oh lost graveyard, how did you come to be
So long and overgrown, forgotten by the years

Go home to your momma, look in her dying eyes
Sing her songs from yesteryear to hear her harmonize
Go home to your village and shake your neighbour's hand
Tell him that you’ll work with him to harvest his land

Oh lost graveyard, how did you come to be
So long and overgrown, forgotten by the years
Oh lost graveyard, how did you come to be
So long and overgrown, forgotten by the years

Go home to your momma
Go home to your pa
Go home and hug your children
Go home and hug them all
Go home to your doctor
Go home to your priest
Go home to your neighbour
Go home and tend your fields
Go home….

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from This Great Unknown, released August 27, 2020

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Gentlemen of the Woods Ottawa, Ontario

Our latest release, This Great Unknown, is a collection of songs that weaves together a lifetime of moments, memories and wishes. It unintentionally became a journal of reflection, nostalgia and what comes next. We hope you like it!

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