Well it ain't much further up around the bend
Swing your partner as you please
She'll be gone before the summer sees the leaves
They disappear like fruit from Mason jars
Sealing wax without a doubt
But stretched between the stars
The stores of a seven-year long drought
And that's as far as I can see
Mercy mercy me
Well here's the very creek where gold was found
Head couple promenade
She'll be gone before the sun can see the shade
They disappear like reapers from the field
Another season never sown
Having closed another deal
The reason all too many flocks have flown
And that's as far as I can see
Mercy mercy mercy mercy me
Well it ain't much further up around the bend
Swing your partner as you please
She'll be gone before the summer sees the leaves
They disappear like fruit from Mason jars
Sealing wax without a doubt
But stretched between the stars
The stores of a seven-year long drought
And that's as far as I can see
Mercy mercy, mercy mercy me