"Miller's Fields (Like Rain)" genre: Americana
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	#1 Folk Rock Song at AcidPlanet.com -- One of our favorite songs ever-- by any artist. Ben Capraro released this track three years ago under the Smoothlab project name, and he recently gave gracious permission to the Dark Ryders to record it-- and told us to do it our way. So we dirtied it up and dragged it out, just like it was one of our own. --"This is Great... It's Neil Young Meets Johnny Cash.....Haven't heard the original, but you have definitely struck a nerve with us on this version. Love the chorus... Real Nice Work Guys!...and girls!" --hard rain / Cincinnati, OH --"Downloading as we speak! It is quite worth the wait to get such a warm organic piece. This is The Dead with Morrison singing and Neil Young on the axe... But, Ben wrote a song that I like better than the Dead easy. It is exactly what we need - a powerful baritone, a soulful patient sounding male vocal. You think this guy has had an easy life? You can't sing like this among the friends and angels without a tough trail onward. This song slows the mechanized pace of life, for me, near the city that almost wasn't..." Controlio / MotoMachine /West Orange, NJ
	CD: Dark Ryders-- in progress   Label: TBA Credits: (c) 2000 by Ben Capraro / Dark Ryders version by permission of the author. Recorded, mixed and mastered at Dark Corner Sound Recorders.
	Story Behind the Song There are many great songs on AcidPlanet-- http://www.acidplanet.com/music.asp?M=0&V=0&G=0&T=1174 --and this is one of my all-time favorites. In fact, it's one of my favorite songs ever-- by any artist. Ben Capraro released this track three years ago under the Smoothlab project name, and he recently gave gracious permission to the Dark Ryders to record it-- and told us to do it our way. So we dirtied it up and dragged it out, just like it was one of our own. Hope we did it justice, Ben. It has been a while since our last effort, but this opened vistas for us. This time the Haunted Junkyard Choir is loaded with Storm O'Kane, RB, Morgana Wilcox, Marguerite M. and Willowe, and we thank ya kindly. Finally, as Ben dedicated the original, so this version is also dedicated to Paduc. Thank you for listening, hope you enjoy. SG / Dark Ryders Lyrics Miller's Fields (Like Rain) I found the fields on Friday Fallow, course and cracked. The wheat which once had overgrown Has since receded back. The paint on the barn has peeled off And the walls stand incomplete. The breeze blows through those broken boards Granting pardon from the heat. It's comin' down You know it's just like rain. In the corner a broken sickle Lies beside an old man's hat. The sweat-stained brim catches rain From the half-eroded thatch. Grandfather's blood is in this land Apart from his only son. The devil dared the savior here. The savior is long gone. It's comin' down You know it's just like rain. (c) Ben Capraro 2000

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