Mipso: “A Couple Acres Greener”
Clip: 3/20/2025 | 3m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Mipso performs around one microphone for “A Couple Acres Greener.”
Gathering around a single microphone to play together is a traditional bluegrass and folk practice, and Mipso has perfected this technique. The early song “A Couple Acres Greener,” featured on their “Dark Holler Pop” record, showcases the group’s harmonies and instrumental prowess.
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Mipso: “A Couple Acres Greener”
Clip: 3/20/2025 | 3m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Gathering around a single microphone to play together is a traditional bluegrass and folk practice, and Mipso has perfected this technique. The early song “A Couple Acres Greener,” featured on their “Dark Holler Pop” record, showcases the group’s harmonies and instrumental prowess.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship["A Couple Acres Greener" Mipso] ♪ I've never been so hungry ♪ ♪ Seems like 22 years I've been looking for a fight ♪ ♪ Never stayed in school for long ♪ ♪ Couldn't keep my patience on ♪ ♪ Never had motivation quite to get my timin' right ♪ ♪ I want my story to begin ♪ ♪ There's a time to save up and time to spend ♪ ♪ I'm too young for the past tense ♪ ♪ All this worryin' about what might have been ♪ ♪ Shoulda been a preacher man ♪ ♪ Let the good book show me where to stand ♪ ♪ In this earthly halfway home ♪ ♪ Shoulda been a farmin' man ♪ ♪ Teach my boy to plow the land ♪ ♪ To leave this wicked winter just a couple acres greener ♪ [bright music continues] ♪ I've never been so thirsty to get my soul right ♪ ♪ But like a summer bug ♪ ♪ I've been burned by the blinding light ♪ ♪ Never stayed in church for long ♪ ♪ Poplar pews and white folk songs ♪ ♪ Sunday morning never was as real as Friday night ♪ ♪ I want to celebrate my sins ♪ ♪ There's a time to save up and a time to spend ♪ ♪ I'm too young for the past tense ♪ ♪ All this worryin' about what might have been ♪ ♪ Shoulda been a preacher man ♪ ♪ Let the good book show me where to stand ♪ ♪ In this earthly halfway home ♪ ♪ Shoulda been a farmin' man ♪ ♪ Teach my boy to plow the land ♪ ♪ To leave this wicked winter just a couple acres greener ♪ [violin solo] ♪ Someday they'll write my name upon a stone ♪ ♪ And I won't be there to see it ♪ ♪ Up on Calv'ry calling me I know they'll say ♪ ♪ Shoulda been a preacher man ♪ ♪ Let the good book show me where to stand ♪ ♪ In this earthly halfway home ♪ ♪ Shoulda been a farmin' man ♪ ♪ Teach my boy to plow the land ♪ ♪ To leave this wicked winter just a couple acres greener ♪ ♪ Shoulda band a preacher man ♪ ♪ Let the good book show me where to stand ♪ ♪ In this earthly halfway home ♪ ♪ Shoulda been a farmin' man ♪ ♪ Teach my boy to plow the land ♪ ♪ Leave this wicked winter ♪ ♪ Just a couple acres greener when I go ♪
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