Merigold

It's cold in Mississippi, longest day of the year The geese cry in the wind As I wade into the delta, shotgun in my hands Knowing I'll never see you again Her cancer gave no warning, dug its roots into her ground Wild as the kudzu on the highways of the south Barely time to dream of better days to get 'er by She was gone in the blink of an eye Time to time we all lose something But it ain't worth nothin' to me like this all broken Lord, if you can hear me I swear to leave you alone Please pick up the phone I want you to know You can take me when she goes, Merigold (Merigold) Last spring you cleaned out the cast iron and you hung it up I been hungry ever since Nothing fills me up no more and the drinking sucks It carves me up just thinkin' bout it Wish I could take you driving, we'd roll into town See the Christmas lights up on the square Watchin' the sun go down, setting fire to the air No honey we ain't gotta go anywhere Time to time we all lose something But it ain't worth nothin' to me like this all broken Lord, if you can hear me I swear to leave you alone Please pick up the phone I want you to know You can take me when she goes, Merigold (Merigold)