These castle walls are finished at last Will they hold out the elements or just the past Bury it all out in the yard Down by the pond and the old livestock Exactly where I wasn't shown The site of his ashes now buried in snow Now take this flock far into town They have eaten our fields down close to the ground With the master dead and planted deep Who can possibly care for these tired sheep Exactly where I wasn't shown The site of his ashes now buried in snow Now take this flock far into town They have eaten our fields down close to the ground With the master dead and planted deep Who can possibly care for these tired sheep I can't reap what you've grown I can't plow these fields alone I can't bring the harvest home by myself and myself alone These castle walls are finished at last Will they hold out the elements or just the past And bury it all out in the yard Down by the pond and the old livestock