Cheri Knight

Black Eyed Suzie.

Under the ice and under the snow
In these fields where you used to grow
Over yonder something's calling my name
In a straight line I rake the rows
Bendway over and I dug your holes
Now I hardly remember the cold in my fingers

I hold you in my muddy hands and dig you with my spade
I've done all a girl can do to get you in the ground again
Now I've got myself a saint, flower and a golden robe
I am faithful but I am stained
Black Eyed Suzie - got me working in the rain

This devotion, it's gonna hurt
One more year with my hands in the dirt
And I'll be running from meadows of blossom with red wings of flame
The weary ones are moving away
Here I sit and here I'll stay
Cause when I see your dark eyes I start to shiver and shake

Hold you in my muddy hands and dig you with my spade
I've done all a girl can do to get you in the ground again
Now I've got myself a saint, flower and a golden robe
I am faithful but I am stained
Black Eyed Suzie - got me working in the rain

In the end I'll have to plough you under
Black Eyed Suzie why?
Oh! Black Eyed Suzie why?
Love to see your upturned face, reaching for the sun
I am faithful but I am stained
Black Eyed Suzie got me working in the rain
Black Eyed Suzie
I'm setting out all the pretty flowers.
I'm setting out all the pretty flowers.