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i am old, i am weary
and i'm coming home to die
would you bury me by the old oak tree
'tween the river and the Ashley
oh charleston, won't you bury me

i'm the daughter of a merchant
claimed the seabrook line
lost his spirit to the crash of '29
left my family bound for europe on the adeline
packed my things and left my mom and dad behind

there the churches spot the skyline in an endless dawn
and on rainbow row we'd walk the waterfront
there he told me he would take me
but it could not be
so i left the man i loved in charleston

i am old, i am weary
and i'm coming home to die
would you bury me by the old oak tree
'tween the river and the Ashley
oh charleston, won't you bury me

busted galleys, sick dead soldiers
found a navy man
wrote the queen to have him stay his term with me
I love my husband and my children but these my final days
I am weary, and charleston calls to me

now I see its painted porches
all the lazy noons
sipping tea until the evening came
and the graveyard where my father lay his southern bones
I can hear them now the church bells sing my name

i am old, i am weary
and i'm coming home to die
would you bury me by the old oak tree
'tween the river and the Ashley
oh charleston, won't you bury me

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from until the evening came, released September 1, 2008

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Since its inception in 2005, the Brooklyn-based band has brought its unique mix of four-part harmonies, honest lyrics, and searing guitar solos to rock clubs, coffeehouses, barns, and outdoor festivals across the country.

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