Ellis Paul - Clarity Lyrics
Do you remember Rose McGuireHer hair was red as fireA child of the CarolinasShe was a blue eyed streak of wildBut she fell for the smile of a soldier boywho was running from the stars and stripesHe laid her down in a clover fieldand took her breath with a hurricane's mightShe lay tremblin' watching the starscriss cross the night(chorus)ClarityClarityLord, I need yourcharityWon't you sing mea sweet old songyour voice won't lead me wrongwhen you sing of truththe truth will lift the hazeand the song will see me throughto better daysWhen I was born she was sixteenand every steeplein the three church townwas ringing with shamepeople whispered like rainof the baby but no wedding gownSo climb aboard, the highway leadsto somewhere nobody knows your nameyou plant each step like it was a seedand make peace with what you cannot changeand she sang me to sleep while the Greyhoundcut the rain(chorus)Do you remember20 years ago in Septemberin Carolinadoes that remind you?CarolinaCarolinaMy name is Annie McGuireI've come here looking for my fatherHe's a soldier faded in a photographhe's just a kid in a uniformNow I haven't come here to scare you offwith a thousand questionsI need answeredI only know we share the same eyesand that the truth can be a mighty fine dancerMy mother's gone, and a little clarityis all I'm after(chorus)
