The Fields Have Turned Brown

I left my old home to ramble this country My mother and dad said, "son don't go wrong Remember that God will always watch o'er you And we will be waiting for you here at home" Son, don't go astray was what they both told me Remember that love for God can be found But now they're both gone this letter just told me For years they've been dead, the fields have turned brown For many long years I've traveled in sorrow No thoughts of the day when I would return Now as I go home and find no one waiting The price I have paid to live and to learn Son, don't go astray was what they both told me Remember that love for God can be found But now they're both gone this letter just told me For years they've been dead, the fields have turned brown --- The Fields Have Turned Brown - The Stanley Brothers and Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys