There are seven sisters weeping
Down by the old oxbow
As the coffee colored river

Swells with melting snow

Soon a bittersweet new season

Will turn the gray to green again
And I'll have to find a way
To say goodbye to you, my friend


CHORUS
I'm gonna miss you this I know

Though I'll be just another memory when I go
Will you forgive me all my sins
And gather me back in

Like the prodigal son no more to roam
Will you let me once again call you home


The sky is open like a chalice
All along the river road
Where the patchwork field tobacco barns

Shiver in the cold

I could drink it in for hours

And never take my fill
I tell myself that I'll forget
But I know I never will


(CHORUS)


The wild birds take their passage
Across the vernal sky
Like an arrow loosed from God's own bow

So swift and true they fly

Lord, draw me from your quiver

Take away my tears
Shoot me o'er the seven sisters
Somewhere far away from here


(CHORUS)