st Fret Intro: I didn't want to burn like this, so close to the bone No muscle left to carry it, this black bag of stones It's a black bag N.C. Through the August heat, the autumn rain and winter's face of blue These seasons keep their spinning up, but there's no sign of you There is no sign And so I walk this verdant mile Of memory with you The gentle arms of Eden And the mountain get me through___ Well, Richard says the whippoorwill, taught him how to go I tell him death is just a dream, but I don't really know It's everything and nothing when the spirit cracks the sky But flowers fold and go to seed and no one questions why Nobody, oh no And so I walk this verdant mile Of memory with you The gentle arms of Eden And the raven get me through___ Instrumental: