Beattyville

Darlin', how's the sun in Carolina?

Dayton's cold this time of year

And I fear that you have left the past behind ya

Livin' in a palace while I'm here

I remember another time

When all our stars weren't smothered by

The factories and the city lights

Please be somewhere in my sleep

I dreamt I built a boat on a river back to you

Hopin' it would float on prayers and rubber glue

Home to where your love will swallow me

Where the North and South Kentucky rivers meet

Honey, have my letters gotten to ya?

Are they sittin' on some Cincinnati train?

I wonder if I only used to knew ya

This your address still the same?

I reckon that in retrospect

I read the book but failed the test

And lost the one who loved me best

So please keep a candle lit for me

I dreamt I built a boat on a river back to you

Hopin' it would float on prayers and rubber glue

Home to where your love will swallow me

Where the North and South Kentucky rivers meet