Caledonia Mission Lyrics

Caledonia Mission

She reads the leaves and she leads the life  
That she learned so well from the old wives  
It's so strange to arrange it, you know I wouldn't change it  
But hear me if you're near me, can I just rearrange it?

The watchman covers me  
With his remedy  
I can't see and it's hard to feel  
I think his magic might be real 

I can't get to you from your garden gate  
You know it's always locked by the magistrate  
Now he don't care why you cry, he thinks it's just a lie  
To get out, I don't doubt that you'd make a try

If the good times get you through  
I know the dogs won't bother you  
We'll be gone in moonshine time  
I've got a place they'll never find 

You know I do believe in your hexagram  
But can you tell me how they all knew the plan?  
Did you trip or slip on their gifts you know were just a con?  
You knew it, why d'you do it, I've been hiding in the dawn

Now I must be on my way  
I guess you really have to stay  
Inside the mission walls  
Down in Modark, Arkansas