[ Featuring Tim O'Brien, Tim O’Brien & Darrell Scott ]
Alone and forsaken by fate and by man
Oh, lord, if you hear me please hold to my hand
Help me understand
We met in the springtime
When blossoms unfold
The pastures were green
And the meadows were gold
Our love was in flower
As summer grew on
Her love, like the leaves
Now has withered and gone
The roses have faded
There's frost at my door
The birds in the morning
Don't sing anymore
The grass in the valley
Is starting to die
And out in the darkness
The whip-poor-wills cry
Alone and forsaken by fate and by man
Oh, lord if you hear me please hold to my hand
Help me understand
Oh, where has she gone to
Oh, where can she be?
She may have forsaken
Some other like me
She promised to honor
To love and obey
Each vow was a plaything
That she threw away
Alone and forsaken by fate and by man
Oh, lord if you hear me please hold to my hand
Help me understand
The darkness has falling
And the sky has turned gray
The hound in the distance
Is starting to bay
I wonder, I wonder
What she's thinking of?
Forsaken, forgotten
Without any love
Alone and forsaken by fate and by man
Oh, lord if you hear me please hold to my hand
Help me understand
Alone and forsaken by fate and by man
Oh, lord if you hear me please hold to my hand
Help me understand
