Call You Home Lyrics - Singles - Mark Erelli

(Mark Erelli) 

There are seven sisters weeping 

Down by the old oxbow 

As the coffee colored river 

Swells with melting snow 

Soon a bittersweet new season 

Will turn the gray to green again 

And I'll have to find a way 

To say goodbye to you, my friend 

CHORUS 

I'm gonna miss you this I know 

Though I'll be just another memory when I go 

Will you forgive me all my sins 

And gather me back in 

Like the prodigal son no more to roam 

Will you let me once again call you home 

The sky is open like a chalice 

All along the river road 

Where the patchwork field tobacco barns 

Shiver in the cold 

I could drink it in for hours 

And never take my fill 

I tell myself that I'll forget 

But I know I never will 

(CHORUS) 

The wild birds take their passage 

Across the vernal sky 

Like an arrow loosed from God's own bow 

So swift and true they fly 

Lord, draw me from your quiver 

Take away my tears 

Shoot me o'er the seven sisters 

Somewhere far away from here