Seventh Daughter

Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Bill Payne

One of the new songs with Robert Hunter lyrics performed by Bill Payne with the Hooligans. This is a first shot at the lyrics - any help gratefully received.

Raised in Jackson, Mississip
Shot in Baton Rouge
Cupid let that arrow slip
How could I refuse

I just gave my heart away
With no second thought
Didn't need it anyway
Least or so I thought

Seventh daughter of a seventh son
Lost me and be found
If you insist your will be done
Prepare to stand your ground
Stand your ground

I met her in my dreams first
Then reality
It's there I recognised her face
Same as she knew me

Somethings we can pick and choose
Others have to be
Meetings written in the blues
Of ancient history

Seventh daughter of a seventh son
Lost me and be found
If you insist your will be done
Prepare to stand your ground
Stand your ground

I'm a seventh son myself
Know where others fit
Fill my cup, I'll drink your health
Tell me what you see

I can grant and wish your tune
Encourage you the weak
One thing I cannot do
Is fix a losing streak

I can raise the sick and dead
Although I don't let on
Lest every junkie in this town
Be camping on my lawn

Myself, I want for nothing
Nothing wants for me
Love could be habit forming
Try it once and see

The way she holds me in her hand
I can't pin her down
Ain't no solid ground to stand
Six feet above the ground

Seventh daughter of a seventh son
Lost me and be found
If you insist your will be done
Prepare to stand your ground
Stand your ground

Too late to back out of it
There's nothing you can do
Next thing you know about it
Love has conquered you

Love is not showstopping out
Chuck it back inside
What started out as bluffing
Cashed out with aces high

Seventh daughter of a seventh son
Lost me and be found
If you insist your will be done
Prepare to stand your ground
Stand your ground

Seventh daughter of a seventh son
Lost me and be found
If you insist your will be done
Prepare to stand your ground
Stand your ground