Harper Road

Blackberries ripe on the branches

Her skin is burning, she bends to pick them

Bake a delicious pie

For our aching stomachs, we delight

Sorrow came in floods this April

With out reason, humble warning

We're now in May, June and July

Don't leave, my love, don't leave my side

Bring heaven 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 in breaths she'll take not often

There her heart troubles suddenly soften

Wild oak spare the deadliest drought

Like a mother's will it snuffs out

And any flame comes around it breathes in

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