Black Hills Mourning

[Verse] The sky was dark Clouds like a curse Black Hills whispered Fate got worse Pa's old voice in echo's hush Spirits rise in river's rush [Verse] Rain kept pourin' Nights to day Stars dimmed out in that flooded fray His hand in mine Then washed away Left me there in the sodden clay [Chorus] Oh Black Hills You took my kin Swallowed up in your muddy din Pa's ghost walks where the waters brim In memory Our ties grow thin [Verse] Creeks that roared stole away the ground Homes upturned And hope unbound His laughter’s gone But in my mind Worn old ghost still I can find [Verse] Tattered photos Drenched in mud Tales of love amidst the flood Lost him there where the waters drank Silent banks where my heart sank [Chorus] Oh Black Hills You took my kin Swallowed up in your muddy din Pa's ghost walks where the waters brim In memory Our ties grow thin