Harper Road:


Blackberries ripe on the branches
Her skin is burning, she bends to pick them
Bake a delicious pie
For our aching stomachs sweet delight


Sorrow came in floods this April
Without reason hope or warning
we're now in May, June, and July
Don't leave my love, don't leave my side


Brighter than moonlight glows
My love does for you
In dreams of Harper Road
I'll always find you
stretched out like an orange tabby


And on the porch with ferns surrounding her
And there a breath she'll take not often
There her hard troubles subtly soften


Wild oaks bare the deadliest drought
Like a mother's will it snuffs out
And any flame comes round it breezin
And she'll endure the driest season


My blood runs through my only daughter
Her eyes are mine, so wide with wonder
Be my voice, my light, my power
Be with me in my leaving hour


Brighter the moonlight glows
My love does for you
In dreams of Harper Road
I'll always find you