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 our reason humble warning
 we're now in May, June, and July
 Don't leave my love, don't leave my side
 Bright 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 round 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