Alone, as I sit and watch the trees
Won't you tell me if I scream, will they bend down and listen to me
And it makes me wonder if I'll know the words when you come
Or will you laugh at me or will I run?
Little boy says to me "Where you goin' now, son?"
Or does my brother's heart cry, oh I don't know
I'm a stranger in my home
Now that everybody's gone
Someone please talk to me cause I feel you cry
And you're sitting with him and I know I'll never see you again
Lying down in Charleston underneath the Carolina sky
Does he realize, my pain is for real
I see you in my dreams
and I wonder if you're looking down at me and smiling right now
Oh yeah I wanna know if it's true, when he looks at me
Won't ya tell me, does he realize,
he came down here, and he took you to soon, oh
And now my days are short and my nights are long
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Note that after the first verse, there are three guitars on the recording