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The Greener Pasture

by Peter Oren

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1.
I don’t feel too far from alone as I go I feel the crowd moving all as one Ain’t no room to swing your tail anywhere I feel the crowd moving all as one in line to die x4 I feel the pulse of fear at the gate I can do nothing All the mud cakes in the rain I see a truck pull in in line to die x4 They drop the ramp and open the gate Force us through like a fluid Strangers on the interstate Guess our fate and keep moving in line to die x4
2.
Stud Song 02:57
Hey father time Won’t you resign See I got these pretty ladies and I ain’t done loving Life’s just too good to die Well this ain’t my first farm I used to live up the road Then one day a trailer came Turned out I’d been sold On that fateful ride I was afraid for my hide I didn’t know heaven’s gate Was only two miles away Hey father time Won’t you resign? See I got these pretty ladies and I ain’t done loving Life’s just too good to die When we pulled into a pasture Things started looking better Before my eyes under clear blue skies A field full of fine heifers Now they feed me all I want And they take me into town And introduce me to the ladies In the counties all around Hey father time Won’t you resign? See I got these pretty ladies and I ain’t done loving Life’s just too good to die But not everything’s that great I ain’t never known a child As long as there’s grain guess I can’t complain I’ll be here for a while Hey father time Won’t you resign? See I got these pretty ladies and I ain’t done loving Life’s just too good to die See I got these pretty ladies and I ain’t done loving Life’s just too good to die
3.
Free 04:24
I was grazing out in pasture Near the tree line When I saw something moving A shadow caught my eye I’d heard tell That there are some like us Beyond the fences And there she was Free Looking right at me Free Looking right at me Well something I’ve been thinking Ever since that night Is the only thing between us Is the fence line I told the others But they think I’m mad Fences protect us And farmers keep us fed We’re free What more do you need? Free What more do you need? They told me I wouldn’t make it They said it can’t be done They said that I’m too heavy Can’t live on the run Well I cut my legs up But I made it over I made it a few miles Before I fell over I’m free Finally free Free Finally free
4.
The greener pasture is also fenced in The fuller trough has an asterisk Rotate the herd every few days Or is it every few years We’ve got their tags on our ears Standing in shit crying bovine tears Won’t go hungry on the farmer’s grain McDonald touched the bailiff’s bible with an invisible hand He gave the judge a wink and sat in the witness stand He said nothing’s out of sight nothing’s out of mind Farm and factories of mine you’ll find Abide by each law that applies I’m god-fearing and lawful you can’t vilify me I know the law I wrote it to a T You can’t vilify me I’m on the ALEC, I fund a PAC I make ties to get mine from whatever candidate leads I’m playing for keeps But here I’m caught between memory and the yet to be I have yet to see a single thing to stop the world from spinning Won’t go hungry on the farmer’s grain Doe in the eyes Dough in the mind As you recline Get stabbed from behind Fenced in but fed Select who survives Stomach space for everything Wars prisons refugees Hey I can’t get away from this fate Every day the promise of a difference gate Hey I can’t get away from this fate Every day the promise of a different gate
5.
Whole World 03:28
I’ve got the whole world in my hand I’ve got no plans as I scroll and scan Waiting for the page to load as my connection slows There are screens even in my dreams I’ll bet they’re in heaven wager anything There are screens even in my dreams What’s there to say that ain’t yet been typed If the pen is a blade, the thumb’s a butter knife I’ll skip the essay expose for memes and videos of dogs doing human things Who could’ve seen in who could’ve known We’d have wifi in hell when bell made the phone Who could’ve seen in, who could’ve known I’ve got the whole world in my hand Not that I own it, it’s on a payment plan They said this screen is best: Wide enough to monitor my debt They give me all the data that I need So I can’t mind if they mine mine for free They give me all the data that I need I’ve got the whole world in my hand I’ve got no plans as I scroll and scan Waiting for the page to load as my connection slows There are screens even in my dreams I’ll bet they’re in heaven wager anything There are screens even in my dreams
6.
Fun Yet 02:02
I eat from the screen a bottomless feed But it ain’t enough to satisfy me Entertained ‘bout the same as chain smoking Jane Pulling slots in a Reno casino Are we having fun yet? Wasting away the best of our days Are we having fun yet? I’m sorry to say that I can’t count the days That I’ve piled up and wasted by now Scrolling away with my phone in my face About as happy as a grazing cow Are we having fun yet? Wasting away the best of our days Are we having fun yet?
7.
John Wayne 03:32
I can think of things a hundred different ways I can visit every city in every state But I still don’t know how to make anything change I ain’t got the patience for patience When it feels too much like complacence I’ve been having that american feeling Like I’ve always gotta be leaving Keeps sending me reeling Bruce and John Wayne only believe in a beat down At least one of their fathers owned this whole town Always looking at all his property like that’s how it ought to be Always looking down at poverty like it’s a novelty The world’s full of strangers to that old lone ranger So I’m trying to get off of that cowboy shit oooh I can think of things a hundred different ways I can visit every city in every state But I still don’t know how to make anything change I ain’t got the patience for patience When it feels too much like complacence
8.
Come by See me sometime In the moonlight See me sometime I wake up and I’m all alone Put my head down and I’m sucked into my phone My bank called and I’m gnawed to the bone And I Can’t lie It’d be nice If you’d come by See me sometime In the moonlight Didn’t end right I wake up and I’m all alone Put my head down and I’m sucked into my phone My bank called and I’m gnawed to the bone Hey we both know It would be so good And I Can’t lie It’d be nice
9.
Ones and Ohs 02:48
I should treat my phone More like a landline Only pick it up when it rings Set it down, turn the volume loud All these vibrations are incantations Got me singing lamentations can’t you see Well as good as I look in a suit And as much as I read and write I don’t really come across in black and white You’ll never know in 1s and 0s You’ll never know in ones and ohs I’ve been spending a lot of time alone In my own prison largely self-imposed My jail cell follows wherever I go It guzzles gas and shakes and sixty or so You’ll never know out on the road You’ll never know out on the road I should start doing cardio And stop smoking so carelessly See I’ve got this earthquake heartache But maybe it would only make the richter rate increase I’ll never know if I don’t I’ll never know if I don’t I’ve seen things from sea to shining sea Chain link and tragedy And I could as easily intervene As I could in a dream that I had with my arms underneath me
10.
I got on social media today I searched your name But nowhere I looked Could I find your page Couldn’t see your face I got your number I could call Call me weak But I only wanted a peek at your wall Maybe you left and logged out for good Aways said you would You said their screens won’t fulfill your needs Don’t eat their feed I got your number I could call Call me weak But I only wanted a peek at your wall
11.
Ain’t a damn day goes by I don’t think in fear of future times Nothing says I’m safe tonight But a holy bible and my forty-five My whole life this day Ain’t mine no way Things of faith, things of law Fences, ranchers, and cattle prods Daily test our might Fortune favors a ruthless kind My whole life this day Ain’t mine no way My knees can kneel no longer Nor can they hold me up I’ve heard all these calls to action But I’ve been stricken numb My whole life this day Ain’t mine no way
12.
Loading Page 03:26
My life’s a loading page The wheel turns and the bar stays in the same place Ain’t no signal coming thru I ain’t got a clue There’s a screen between me and you Well I’m above ground, more lost than found
I question everything without making a sound And thru the window I think I could see inside But instead I just see myself and what lies behind My life’s a loading page The wheel turns and the bar stays in the same place Ain’t no signal coming thru I ain’t got a clue There’s a screen between me and you

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released April 24, 2020

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