Lyrics: Caledonia Mission
Album: Music From Big Pink
Artist: Band, The
 

G c
She reads the leaves and she leads the life
G d
That she learned so well from the old wives
Em d c d
It’s so strange to arrange it, you know i wouldn’t change it
Em d c d
But hear me if you’re near me, can i just rearrange it?
G7
The watchman covers me
G7
With his remedy
G7
I can’t see and it’s hard to feel
D c d g
I think his magic might be real

I can’t get to you from your garden gate
You know it’s always locked by the magistrate
Now he don’t care why you cry, he thinks it’s just a lie
To get out, i don’t doubt that you’d make a try
If the good times get you through
I know the dogs won’t bother you
We’ll be gone in moonshine time
I’ve got a place they’ll never find

You know i do believe in your hexagram
But can you tell me how they all knew the plan?
Did you trip or slip on their gifts, you know you were just a con?
You knew it, why d’you do it, i’ve been hiding in the dark
Now i must be on my way
I guess you really have to stay
Inside the mission law
Down in modock, arkansas