She was kinda crazy but then i was just a baby she stung like the bees in her mother's garden she would come on with no warning flashing summer sheets we would lay out in the grass and we'd listen to the sound of the falling leaves she saw what i thought that only i could see her and me could turn the key where's that girl gone i can't find her i've got trouble on my mind o kentucky, o virginia, california ease my mind if you come back in spring there will be flowers in our room and on the window sill candles like a mirror of my stubborn will hollowed out but burning still there's a key under the mat if you happen to come back when i'm asleep i kept all the letters that you wrote to me memorized them easily there's a free wind on the highway whispers soft my holy name there is no place that i'm going to blood i offer is yours to claim a stranger once came to me with a book of hymns in each one i saw your face learned the melodies and then i sang them on my knees to find your hiding place there's a key and there's a map there are whispers on the path so i pack my things just in case i left a little note for thee i'll be back soon, hopefully o my mother, o my sister o my woman, o my child i will go now try to earn you i will leave this rope behind o kentucky, o virginia, california ease my mind