Blackberry Winter

I don't know what went wrong

I ain't known you that long to begin with

Leave the rocks in the road, stay away from the river, Virginia

There's not much you can do 'cept wait on a train

When the road gullies out in a Biblical rain

And that's how it's been ever since I can remember

I'm not too keen of mind

I don't pick up on signs like I ought to

So I won't sweat the cost of the coffee

Or the wine that I bought you

With your emptied out nest, your chicks have all flew

There's nobody left to take care of but you

And you don't know how to just be

No one ever taught you

I can't find much to say as you play with that loose strand of hair

If you had you a tail, you'd be twitching it

And I've got to get over the scare and tell you no

And tell you no

And tell you no

Tell you no

Never saw such a cold day in June did you ever, Virginia?

In our young days the old people called it Blackberry Winter

As the mail plane goes out at a slow rate of climb

This cold rain don't help with your low state of mind

Hanging down like the fog on the ridge

You can't tell what's in it

And you stare me down hard and you ask me why I even care

It's not that I'm any Sir Galahad

There just needs to be somebody there to tell you no

To tell you no

To tell you no

To tell you no

Your bags are all packed, you're not coming back that's for certain

And the landlady won't like the stains on the rugs and the curtains

Well, that's just wear and tear such as happens in life

Folks around here live to gossip and gripe

So I won't tell a soul

What they'll never know will never hurt 'em

And I found the letter you left at the foot of the stairs

And I heard the horn blow, the train's pulling out

I hope you find somebody there to tell you no

To tell you no

To tell you no

To tell you no

Leave the rocks in the road, stay away from the river, Virginia