The Stranger

Stranger I know where you'll find her

Down the road from here about a mile and a quarter

You'll know the place by a shackey barn

That stands in the field by a run-down farm

By a pond, filled up with stagnant water

Then you'll see a shack nearby, you'll ask yourself

I wonder why it looks so cold, and lifeless all around

Chimney rocks are fallin' out,it looks as though

The fire's gone out and the biggest part

Of the house is rotted down

Though Stranger, I ain't seen her lately

She don't come around here like she used to

You've got her pictured in your mind

Pretty, gentle, sweet and kind

You've practiced every word you're gonna say

You'll call her name, but she won't hear you

She's in the graveyard near you

She died ten years ago, last May

There was a man she talked about

A man she had to live without

Years ago, he just turned and left one day

He left her with an unborn child

And a love for him that never died

And an aching heart

That sent her to an early grave

Yes, Stranger I know who you are

I recognized you from afar

But you ain't never seen me

Not one time

Yes, I know that you're my dad

From pictures that my Momma had

And it was me and Momma that you left behind

Stranger, you will find her there

In a peaceful sleep on yonder hill

Where we once walked, as I do still...

To pick her flowers from the field

Momma don't need you anymore

And I don't need you like before

You can go on back to where you went before...

You're just a stranger