Lori Yates: Music
simcoe
(Lori Yates)
2006
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I've fallen in love with Long Point on Lake Erie since I moved to Hamilton. One time we went down for the day and at the spur of the moment we decided to get a motel room and stay over. Not an easy task, they weren't that many to begin with and what we found were all booked up. We finally wound up in Simcoe but all rooms were booked because the rodeo was in town! What really struck me about Simcoe was the streets were packed on a hot Saturday night with migrant workers from Mexico and Jamaica looking to spend their hard earned cash. Also the beloved Rick Danko (the Band) was from there. I had the great fortune of him singing with me on my Breaking Point cd, and had the chance to hang out with him a couple of times. So Simcoe has a soft spot for me. The song is about loneliness, desire, migrant workers and Rick Danko all rolled in to one!
He was hired for the season
to break his back
in the August sun
Send a letter
of money back home
To help them all get along
She was born on the family farm
but she was aiming
for better things
Wanted a man
in a three-piece suit
A bank account
and a diamond ring
Hard work never killed no one
but loneliness
made him want to die
He'd lie awake
and think about her
The only thing
that made him feel alive
Fool, don't you know
she'll never love a boy
who picks tobacco
down in Simcoe
You gotta let it go
she'll never love a boy
who picks tobacco
down in Simcoe