While no one was looking on the old plantation. He took her all the way down the long valley road. They sent her away not too much later. Left him walking down the old valley road..
Song came and went like the times that we spent. Hiding out from the rain under the carnival tent. I'd laugh and he'd smile and it would last for a while.
Sometimes I lead, sometimes I follow. This time I'll go where she wants me to go. She said, "Maybe today, maybe tomorrow. Go deep in the woods down the low valley road".
Four walls I built one winter, she came to share my name. For years we lived as lovers on the open plains. And far off the heat wave shimmers, pipelines and the gasoline.
Oh, I wish I could laugh. When I look way back. To find out who stole all my dreams. . Whoa, I wish it was easy. To face the fact. There's nobody there but me.
The song came and went like the times that we spent. Hiding out from the rain under the carnival tent. I laughed and she'd smile, it would last for awhile.
I met a fan dancer down Southside Birmingham. She was running from a fat man selling salvation in his hand. She said he's tryin' to save me but I'm doin' alright, the best that I can.