Ellis Paul - Clarity lyrics

Do you remember Rose McGuire Her hair was red as fire A child of the Carolinas She was a blue eyed streak of wild But she fell for the smile of a soldier boy Who was running from the stars and stripes He laid her down in a clover field And took her breath with a hurricane's might She lay tremblin' watching the stars Criss cross the night (chorus) Clarity Clarity Lord, I need your Charity Won't you sing me A sweet old song Your voice won't lead me wrong When you sing of truth The truth will lift the haze And the song will see me through To better days When I was born she was sixteen And every steeple In the three church town Was ringing with shame People whispered like rain Of the baby but no wedding gown So climb aboard, the highway leads To somewhere nobody knows your name You plant each step like it was a seed And make peace with what you cannot change And she sang me to sleep while the Greyhound Cut the rain (chorus) Do you remember 20 years ago in September In Carolina Does that remind you? Carolina Carolina My name is Annie McGuire I've come here looking for my father He's a soldier faded in a photograph He's just a kid in a uniform Now I haven't come here to scare you off With a thousand questions I need answered I only know we share the same eyes And that the truth can be a mighty fine dancer My mother's gone, and a little clarity Is all I'm after (chorus)