Southern States

The Essex Green

I have seen the moonlight

On the shoulder of the midnight road

On the county fire

I've been running for hours

Now my feet are broke, I haven't spoke

I gotta mind to pray

For the people in southern states

For to keep it underground

For your secrets you know I've got a yearning

From my head on down

For the autumn around the bend

For to carry over seas

For the person you know I've been searching for

In the city streets

And I could hear the landslide

When you asked to stay, I drove you away

To the outer bank

Since I've been counting the treetops

Listen all the day for your wheels to say

How could I be so wrong?

For the people in southern states

For to keep it underground

For your secrets you know I've got a yearning

From my head on down

For the autumn around the bend

For to carry over seas

For the person you know I've been searching for

In the city streets