Caledonia Mission Lyrics

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