"Maid Of The Mountain" lyrics

Oh dear lover, in that home across the gray
I wrote this letter for you just today
Hope it finds you in an easy way
Hope it finds you on the front porch dreamin'
I know I set out at a desperate time
Simple truth such regret I find
But like the, whippoorwill for the morning sky
Young man he got a mind for leaving

Oh French Broad River, maid of the mountain
Take me on, won't you deliver me
From the furrow, down to the fountain
Been some time since I led my love astray
Oh tell me was I gone too long
Should I have stayed away

Now I've had my share, my unclouded day
And I've made a few bones in this gamblin' trade
But them wide-eyed summers have slipped away
And I've got nothin' to show but this lonesome feeling
Sometimes at night the fever runs high
And these silver streets have lost their shine
And four walls ain't no friend of mine
Cause I'm down on my heart and I'm longin' just to see ya

Oh French Broad River, maid of the mountain
Take me on, won't you deliver me
From the furrow, down to the fountain
Been some time since I led my love astray
Oh tell me was I gone too long
Should I have stayed away

Tell me river can we roll across
All the stones cast and tossed
Just tryin' to get back what once was lost
I just don't know if it's ever gonna be the same

Maid of the mountain
Take me on, won't you deliver me
From the furrow, down to the fountain
Been some time since I led my love astray
Oh tell me was I gone too long
Should I have stayed
Oh tell me was I gone too long
Should I have stayed away