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Will the Circle Be Unbroken Volume 2, 1989
Written by Bruce Hornsby
This song appeared on a Hornby record the previous year, and his lead vocals are featured here, accompanied by a frenzy of bluegrass-style fingerpickin' and fiddlin'. The lyrics are not explicit, but they hint at a tale as old as time. Hired hand goes off with his boss's daughter, gets her pregnant, the family quietly sends her away to have it aborted, and he can't see her anymore. Hornsby's biggest hit is also a progressive, anti-prejudice message. It's funny how many songs of social justice by mainstream artists are listened to on repeat by the masses who happily ignore their meaning.
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