Intro: There is a tree, flowers in spring. White cherry buds, twenty-two rings. I helped her grow, but have never seen Carolina winter or Aberdeen. From the Missisippi floodgates my body churned. Up the river delta my mother yearned to taste the sweetness of her pain fallin' down in Carolina rain. And if I stay I'll stay today. My body has followed in her wake. If I'm to go, I'll go away to Aberdeen and there I'll wait. She stayed by the sea hardened town. Smell of fish watered down, Taste of liquor on her mouth, and her heart it wandered down to the south. And if I stay I'll stay today. My body has followed in her wake. If I'm to go, I'll go away to Aberdeen and there I'll wait. Her body is now hard from the years. She's still as strong, still as fierce. I've taken all she had to give and given back the will to live. And if I stay I'll stay today. My body has followed in her wake. If I'm to go, I'll go away to Aberdeen and there I'll wait. To Aberdeen and there I'll wait To Aberdeen and there I'll wait