Arkansas

[Verse 1] The north wind blows a prairie fire Across the open plain A light shines on a granite stone Where someone carved my name [Chorus] Sister, find the preacher-man Daddy, call the law Things have gotten out of hand Here in Arkansas [Verse 2] An icy ring around the moon A fire across the sky They buried me this afternoon And left me here to die [Chorus] Sister, find the preacher-man Daddy, call the law Things have gotten out of hand Here in Arkansas [Verse 3] Sheriff Clark, Reverend, Friend Missus Worthington Told my family that I'd be the end To all they've done [Chorus] Sister, find the preacher-man Daddy, call the law Things have gotten out of hand Here in Arkansas [Verse 4] Mother raised the children Daddy worked the farm I was born the seventh son Of the seventh-born [Chorus] Sister, find the preacher-man Daddy, call the law Things have gotten out of hand Here in Arkansas [Verse 5] All the elders did decree My soul to be unclean They strapped me to a gurney And gave me morphine [Chorus] Sister, find the preacher-man Daddy, call the law Things have gotten out of hand Here in Arkansas [Verse 6] Sister walks into the night And prays, my soul to save And underneath the cold moonlight She finds my open grave [Chorus] Sister, find the preacher-man Daddy, call the law Things have gotten out of hand Here in Arkansas [Outro] The north wind blows a prairie fire Here in Arkansas