OD OldDog said...
...Okay, here is my observation and question. In the verse (and most of the chorus), the end of every line has the same word resulting in the same rhyme.
Is there a rule most of us amateurs should not do that, and one of those situations the Pro's can get away with but not us???..
My opinion is that the internal rhymes in the lines (shade -- clay, plowed-up ground -- dad damned, ...) make up for it or they switch up like: tires on it -- bonfires on it ; up on -- stuck on; shovel to it -- posts through it, etc. The rhymes are not just the last word, but the combination of the words before it, too.
Just my thoughts.
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