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Mill Creek

from Mill Creek by Mark Mitten

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"Mill Creek" is the song about my time in East Tennessee. My address was 1311 Mill Creek Road, and running across the back of my 2 acres was a little flowing creek. The Moody family owned the wooded hills behind it, though the coloring gave the hills a moody aura of their own. Especially when it rained, or in the winter when the leaves fell off. I never did build a new barn, but I wanted to. And I never did tear down the ratty old barbed wire and replace it with smooth wire, but I wanted to. And there were so many blackberry bushes back there. When they were in season, they were full and rich and too many to eat. My black lab would even eat them off the vine. (Once I made a blackberry milkshake--delish). No blackberries you can buy come close, and I can never eat them now without thinking about Mill Creek.

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raised center aisle
in the 4-stall barn
overo paint
with his red-roan charm

sunrise comes
through the oak 'n pine
hay & grain
yeah it's breakfast time

mill creek flows
past the moody hills
mill creek flows
in the morning chill

ol' brown mare
she push the paint around
meek & mild
a joke to stand his ground

new smooth wire
runs along this land
blackberries grow
pile 'em in your hand

mill creek flows
past the moody hills
mill creek flows
in the morning chill

mill creek flows
see the horses graze
mill creek flows
feel the lazy days

the good life
oh, the good life
it's right here

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from Mill Creek, released January 1, 2007

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Mark Mitten Winsted, Minnesota

Singer-songwriter. A blend of folk and folk-western. Also lead singer of Atomicana.

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