Sister

Sister, I'm heading out of Alabama

So you better think fast.

The wind is gonna pick me up now

And the rain won't slack.

I'm headed down to Georgia

So don't lose track

Of where you been and where you're going now,

Who you've seen and what they lack,

And why you come undone, every time you go there,

You come undone.

I know your heart's in danger

And so is your life.

I said you learn to trust a stranger,

Stop and rest for the night.

Set your site up in the headlight

The moon won't be enough.

Light the embers of another

And the night won't seem so rough,

Sister.

There was a bloody beast of burden

On a dark Texas road,

A woman in the family way

And a car that lost control.

Now I'm studying the distance

Between the blanket and the gun,

I got ten miles to Natchez and another ten home.

I know your heart's in danger

And so is your life.

I said you learn to trust a stranger,

Stop and rest for the night.

Set your site up in the headlight,

The moon won't be enough.

Light the embers of another

And the night won't seem so rough.

Sister, go ahead, come on.

I said it's trust that brought me here

And trust will bring me home