Trio

The hills were alive with wildflowers
And i was as wild, even wilder than they
For at least i could run, they just died in the sun
And i refused to just wither in place
Just a wild mountain rose, needing freedom to grow
So i ran fearing not where i'd go
When a flower grows wild, it can always survive
Wildflowers don't care where they grow

And the flowers i knew in the fields where i grew
Were content to be lost in the crowd
They were common and close, i had no room for growth
I wanted so much to branch out

I uprooted myself from home ground and left
Took my dreams and i took to the road
When a flower grows wild, it can always survive
Wildflowers don't care where they grow

I grew up fast and wild and i never felt right
In a garden so different from me
I just never belonged, i just longed to be gone
So the garden, one day, set me free

Hitched a ride with the wind and since he was my friend
I just let him decide where we'd go
When a flower grows wild, it can always survive
Wildflowers don't care where they grow

Repeat chorus

Love it's not i who didn't try
Hard enough, hard enough
And this is why i'm saying goodbye
I've had enough, i've had enough
Love you don't see
The pain in me
That's plain enough, plain enough
You're never here to catch the tears
I cried for us, i cried for us
I'll take my share but i'll be fair
There's not much stuff
Easy enough
And if you choose i'll break the news
This part is tough, so very tough

I've tried and tried to put aside
The time to talk, but without luck
So i'll just pin this note within your coat
And leave the garden gate unlocked

And this is why i'm saying goodbye
I've had enough, i've had enough

There's a little rosewood casket
Resting on a marble stand
With a packet of old love letters
Written by my true love's hand
Go and bring them to me, sister
Read them o'er for me tonight
I have often tried by could not
For the tears that filled my eyes

When i'm dead and in my casket
When i gently fall asleep
Fall asleep to wake in heaven
Dearest sister do not weep

Take his letters and his locket
Place them gently on my heart
But this golden ring that he gave me
From my finger never part

Repeat chorus

Tempted and tried, we're oft made to wonder
Why it should be thus all day long
While there are others living about us
Never molested though in the wrong
When death has come and taken our loved ones
It leaves our home so lonely and drear
Then do we wonder why others prosper
Living so wicked year after year
Farther along we'll know all about it
Farther along we'll understand why
Cheer up my brother, live in the sunshine
We'll understand it all, by and by

Faithful 'til death, said our loving master
A few more days to labor and wait
Toils of the road will then seem as nothing
As we sweep through the beautiful gates

Repeat chorus

Oh have you seen my dear companion
For he was all this world to me
I hear he's gone to come far country
And that he cares no more for me
I wish i were a swallow flying
I'd fly to a high and lonesome place
I'd join the wild birds in their crying
Thinking of you and your sweet face

Oh have you seen my dear companion
For he was all this world to me
But now the stars have turned against me
And he cares no more for me

Oh when the dark is on the mountain
And all the world has gone to sleep
I will go down to the cold waters
And there i'll lay me down and weep

Oh have you seen my dear companion
For he was all this world to me

Chorus:
Those memories of you still haunt me
Every night when i lay down
I'll always love you my little darling
Until the day they lay me down

In dreams of you my body trembles
I wake up and call your name
But you're not there, and i'm so lonesome
Without your love i'd go insane

Repeat chorus

I close my eyes and you're there with me
Your kiss i feel, your face i see
It's not your lips now that drive me crazy
It's just your haunting memory

Repeat chorus

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Until the day they lay me down