Murmuring State

[Verse 1]

Autumn on the Maine coast

Maryanne was closing windows

Talking to herself, yeah, she lived alone

Looking on her fields now

From the steps outside of her farmhouse

Every year a little less eager to grow

Those fields were born of a wild soul

Still a fraction of a balanced whole

Oh, but control belonged in

The hands of the oil men now

[Chorus]

Oh, there's a trouble comin' in

It's got my heart in a murmuring state

Where must I fix my eyes to know

That I'll be here to watch it fade, to watch it fade?

[Verse 2]

They were dancing in Havana

Celebrating quinceañera

Speaking softly 'bout the radio

Some believed that they could wait it out

Others felt only a growing doubt

But few perceived the October storm

Outside there was a rustle in the oak leaves

There was a frost that was starting to heave

So many more at home singing their kids to sleep

[Chorus]

Oh, there's a trouble comin' in

It's got my heart in a murmuring state

Where must I fix my eyes to know

That I'll be here to watch it fade, to watch it fade?

To watch it fade?

[Verse 3]

Jeffrey built a grave stone

For the summer when it made known

That money was gonna get tight for him

It was harder than he let on

But you could say that he'd been betting on

A lesser horse time and again

Still he remembered when his kid was born

He remembered how the air was warm

But most of all, he thought about the task at hand

[Chorus]

Oh, there's a trouble comin' in

It's got my heart in a murmuring state

Where must I fix my eyes to know

That I'll be here to watch it fade?

[Post-Chorus]

Trouble coming in

My heart's in a murmuring state

Trouble coming in

My heart's in a murmuring state

Trouble coming in

My heart's in a murmuring state