Dreams Of Nectar-Abigail Washburn

[00:14.34]The first day I stand foot [00:17.87]In this fair country [00:22.12] [00:22.74]Boarder man took my paper [00:27.06]Told me I would be free [00:30.96] [00:31.52]Boarder man took my paper [00:35.70]Told me I was now free [00:39.19] [00:41.13]Walking out into the open air [00:45.67]Well what did I see [00:49.48]Birds flying on a westwind [00:54.16] [00:54.67]Sure an omen for me [00:58.74] [01:00.24]Opened up my mama's suitcase [01:04.27]Saw the holes in my shoes [01:08.57]Kicked off my old home soil [01:12.97]Knowing I couldn't lose [01:17.18]I kicked off that dried up soil [01:21.58]Knowing I couldn't lose [01:25.50] [01:38.85]With my hands down on three jobs [01:42.91]From the morning through the night [01:47.22]Weary eyes don't see the difference [01:51.58]'Tween the dark and the light [01:55.95]Weary eyes don't see the difference [01:59.73]'Tween the dark and the light [02:03.77] [02:12.88]10 years later Papa wrote me [02:16.95]Saying Mama had died [02:21.34]Wish that I could see her face now [02:24.95]And the hope in her eyes [02:29.81]Wish that I could see her face now [02:34.06]And the hope in her eyes [02:37.99] [03:12.51]I'm just old now, all alone [03:16.51]In a land of fertile life [03:21.11]I see my unborn born babies [03:26.25]Tired birds in the sky [03:30.40] [03:31.02]I see my unborn born babies [03:35.67]Tired birds in the sky [03:39.91] [03:40.72]Before I die grant me one thing [03:45.53]Grant one thing meto [03:49.81] [03:50.43]Don't let me dream of nectar [03:55.44]Make me fruit on the tree