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Caledonia Mission [Live at the Academy of Music] Lyrics by The Band

Rock of Ages (The Band in Concert)

1972

She reads the leaves, and she leads the life
That she learned so well from the old wives
It's so strange to arrange it, you know I would not change it
But hear me if you’re near me, can I just rearrange it?
The watchman covers me with his remedy
I can't see and it's hard to feel
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, you know 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 we're just a con?
You knew it, so 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 walls
On the river banks of Caledonia
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About “Caledonia Mission [Live at the Academy of Music]” by The Band

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