Harper Road

[Verse 1]

Blackberries ripe on the branches

Her skin is burning, she bends to pick them

Bake a deep, delicious pie

For our aching stomachs' sweet delight

[Verse 2]

Sorrow came in floods this April

Without reasons, flashes, warnings

Now in May, June and July

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

[Chorus]

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

[Bridge]

And on the porch with ferns surrounding her

And there a breath she'll take not often

There her hard troubles subtly soften

[Verse 3]

Wild oaks bear the deadliest drought

Like a mother's will it snuffs out

And any flame come 'round it breezin'

And she'll endure the driest season

[Verse 4]

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

[Chorus]

Brighter than moonlight glows

My love does for you

In dreams of Harper Road

I'll always find you