Darling Of The Dawn
Saltyjohn
Bluesy ai rendition of my song about a guy dreaming of his girlfriend, while he does a long stretch in jail.
Here’s the lyrics:
As sunrise breaks through the mornin’ mist
I see you in that field where we first kissed
Then I reach out for you and it feels so real
I’m holding you again in my dream
A jailer beats on these iron bars
Yells, c’mon y’all you’ve got some dirt to haul
My reverie is broken, reality calls
The bitter-sweet arrival of dawn
Digging in the levee from can’t see to can’t see
Doin’ ten to twenty in the penitentiary
Some days I wish I’d never been born
But you keep me goin, you’re my darlin of the dawn
I’m runnin’ through corn fields with a posse after me
Then I’m in your car and somehow I’m free
Until I wake and find it was all in my mind
Digging in the levee from can’t see to can’t see
Doin’ ten to twenty in the penitentiary
Some days I wish I’d never been born
But you keep me goin, you’re my darlin of the dawn
Each day I see the sun rise through the morning mist
Drifting over corn fields on that day when we first kissed
I hold you in my arms again, my darlin’ of the dawn