Name: Plight of the Deer
Duration: P00H05M57S
Description: A song about a family of deer killed during deer season told in the point of view of the deer

Plight of the Deer

by Mike Ratliff

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A song about a family of deer killed during deer season told in the point of view of the deer

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In a field full of Clover the cottontails play
a newborn was finding his legs and his way
Mothers milk will make him stronger every day
My father has come to witness this site
Innocent days will be gone overnight
No one knows my plight no one knows my plight
It was a long, hard winter it was cold as hell
from out of nowhere it rang out, like a bell
plunged into the darkness My mother she fell
My father reared up and anger told me pay attention my son
if you cannot overcome the danger
you better learn how to run you better learn how to run
When the smoke cleared the barrel Silence came ringing in
the hunter was wiping the spit from his chin
My father had fallen the last of my Kin
The hunter was Smiling he wore my mother skin
The last thing daddy told me Was listen up closely son
got no time to mourn us only to Run only to run
I’m in trouble there’s a man with a rifle in his hand it’s pointed at me holding still his eyes were ready for the kill should I stay? Should I run?
I will run till kingdom come I will run till kingdom come
Lord can’t help me when the rifle cracks bullets raging across my back leave me lying in a pool of blood with my muzzle in the mud
should I stay or should I run?
I will run till kingdom come I will run till kingdom come I will run till kingdom come.

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released October 17, 2023
Written produced recorded and performed by Mike Ratliff

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