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Rosanne Cash performing "The Sunken Lands" Live at KCRW's Apogee Sessions
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Rosanne Cash
Rosanne Cash
Lead Vocals
John Leventhal
John Leventhal
Guitar
Catherine Russell
Catherine Russell
Background Vocals
Curtis King
Curtis King
Background Vocals
Tabitha Fair
Tabitha Fair
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Rosanne Cash
Rosanne Cash
Composer
John Leventhal
John Leventhal
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
John Leventhal
John Leventhal
Producer
Rick Depofi
Rick Depofi
Recording Engineer

Lyrics

Five cans of paint in the empty fields
The dust reveals
The children cry, the work never ends
There's not a single friend
Who will hold her hand in the sunken lands?
The mud and tears melt the cotton balls
It's a heavy toll, oh-oh
His words are cruel and they sting like fire
Like the devil's choir, oh-oh
But who will hold her hand in the sunken lands?
The river rises and she sails away
But she could never stay, oh-oh
Now her work is done in the sunken lands
There's, five empty cans
Written by: John Leventhal, Rosanne Cash

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