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When The Well Run Dry

from Quarantine Kitchen by Jim Ballard

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When I was a kid, I remember my grandma (she was what we'd now call an 'earth mother') who was born in 1891, saying she was worried about the water, that we'd poison it or sully it, ruin it or run out of it. Being as young as I was, I dismissed it.... But since then, we've done that and lots more to our world. She was right.
The Strangs and I were joined on this coffee house basement tapes version by Cathy Grady, Jim Kooser and Benjamin Payne

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When The Well Run Dry
Whatcha gonna do when the well run dry whatcha gonna do
whatcha gonna do when the well run dry whatcha gonna do
whatcha gonna do when the well run dry
Sit on the bank watch the fishes die
Whatcha gonna do when the well run dry tell me Whatcha gonna do?

Whatcha gonna do when the creek won’t run whatcha gonna do
Whatcha gonna do when the creek won’t run whatcha gonna do
Whatcha gonna do when the creek won’t run
Sit on the bank wonder what you've done
Whatcha gonna do when the creek won't run Whatcha gonna do?

Whatcha gonna do when the river is gone whatcha gonna do
Whatcha gonna do when the river is gone whatcha gonna do
Whatcha gonna do when the river is gone
Sit on the bank wonder what went wrong
Whatcha gonna do when the river is gone Whatcha gonna do?

You can own ten houses, cadillacs....
play tennis on your lawn
But all your money won't buy you one tin cup of water when it's gone….

tell me…
Whatcha gonna do when your baby’s ill whatcha gonna do
Whatcha gonna do when your baby’s ill whatcha gonna do
Whatcha gonna do when your baby’s ill
Take it to the bank, drill baby drill
Whatcha gonna do when your baby's ill Whatcha gonna do?

Whatcha gonna do when the well run dry whatcha gonna do
whatcha gonna do when the well run dry whatcha gonna do
whatcha gonna do when the well run dry
Sit on the bank watch the people die
Whatcha gonna do when the well run dry tell me
Whatcha gonna do......

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from Quarantine Kitchen, released February 8, 2021
Hand Drums~Joe Lang
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Keyboards~Tim Longfellow
www.paypal.me/typhoonmacpro

Dobro~Wes McCraw
www.paypal.me/WesMcCraw

Bass~Bill Watson
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SPECIAL GUESTS:

Fiddle~Cathy Grady


Banjo/Backing Vox~Benjamin Payne
Venmo: Benjamin Payne @Studio521
www.paypal.me/benjaminwilliampayne

Drums/Percussion~Jim Kooser


Guitar/Vocal~Jim Ballard

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Jim Ballard Akron, Ohio

Jim Ballard
A native of NE Ohio, Jim Ballard has been, for many years a part of the recording/performing community. After touring and performing all over the country with artists from 10,000 Maniacs to Gordon Lightfoot,The Mekons to Pete Seeger, he moved into his studio, Skylyne. There, he has recorded and worked with artists from Michael Stanley to Don Dixon and Alex Bevan. ... more

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