Go-betweens - Cattle & Cane Lyrics
I recall a schoolboy coming homeThrough fields of caneTo a house of tin and timberAnd in the skyA rain of falling cindersFrom time to timeThe waste memory-wastesI recall a boy in bigger pantsLike everyoneJust waiting for a chanceHis fathers watchHe left it in the showersFrom time to timeThe waste memory-wastesI recall a bigger brighter worldA world of booksAnd silent times in thoughtAnd then the railroadThe railroad takes him homeThrough fields of cattleThrough fields of caneFrom time to timeThe waste memory-wastesThe waste memory-wastesFurther, longer, higher, older