Vermillion River

from For King and Country by The Stanfields

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lyrics

Well I got my welding tickets
Set out on the road
To a place I never heard of
About two years ago
I wonder what they’re doing
Back home in Sunnybrae?
I’m in Vermilion River
They’re a million miles away

What would they say if I went back empty handed?
They won’t know who I am for all I know
But I know they'd compare me to my brothers
And laugh behind my back if I went home

I tried my hand at farming and on the oil fields
Hell I’ve done my share of drinking to forget about how I feel
Once there was a lady, she set my heart in flames
I’m in Vermilion River, she’s a million miles away

What would she say if I went back empty handed?
She has another man for all I know
But I know, she’d compare me to her lovers
And pretend we never met if I went home

Before I go I have to make a confession
Between me, you, Jesus and the wall
I burnt down a house, and no one knows about it
So now Vermilion River is my home

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from For King and Country, released October 15, 2013

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The Stanfields are a Canadian rock music group, based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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