Caledonia Mission - Rick Danko

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, you know 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 we’re just a con?

You knew it, why’d you do it, I’ve been hiding in the dark

Now I must be on my way

I guess you really have to stay

Inside the mission wall

Down in Modock, Arkansas