Curtis Creek

We planned to leave early

And to pack unheavy

Because the truck was getting full.

But the same old fear

At the end of the year

Wouldn't let us leave so soon.

The Blue Ridge Mountains were calling,

The rain was falling,

The wind was in our faces.

And above the sound

Of the engine I found us

Arriving at those places.

I've heard you say a

Thousand times

That we could never leave

This town,

But where were you last night

When the sun went down.

The rain proved steady

And as our packs wore heavy

With the weight of our survival.

The woods rang loud

With the love of our God

And the sound of our revival.

The summer wind turned colder

As the day grew older,

The night would soon surround us.

The Curtis Falls

Had a view of it all

As the snow fell all around us.

I've heard you say a

Thousand times

That we could never leave

This town,

But where were you last night

When the sun went down.

I was singing alone,

You were standing on the side.

And the water so warm

As you walked the mountain side,

And you washed my feet and cried.

Well, the days passed quickly

And our time was over

Three souls the same in sorrow.

But the Reds and rain

Put an intimate stain

On the start of our tomorrow.

And soon our pieces will scatter

In a world of anger,

The only thing to free us

Is the part of man

That we don't understand

That found a place between us.

I've heard you say a

Thousand times

That we could never leave

This town,

But where were you last night

When the sun went down