Whippoorwill Lyrics - Ozark Mountain Daredevils

(PIANO & GUITAR INTRO) 

fast asleep in the garden 

the rain is gone away 

somewhere in the margin 

are sheep that's gone astray 

like the old man of the ocean 

whose eyes tells where he's been 

or one who lacks devotion 

betrays his love again 

the thief will surely die 

when he's taken all he can steal 

oh whippoorwill 

are you high upon your hill 

while my feet are on the ground 

oh whippoorwill 

you make my heart stand still 

when I hear your evening sound 

(PIANO & STRINGS) 

I know you're sad, much deeper 

then my human ears can hear 

you never had a keeper 

cause you live where no man's near 

you call from out the timber 

like a chanter on a throne 

only to remember 

the secret still unknown 

and makes us to decide 

are we false or are we real 

oh whippoorwill 

are you high upon your hill 

while my feet are on the ground 

oh whippoorwill 

you make my heart stand still 

when I hear your evening sound 

when I hear your evening sound 

when I hear your evening sound 

______________________________________________________________________ 

Lyrics are copyright 1975, 1976 Randle Chowning