Dale Ann Bradley Lyrics
"Piney Rose"

My name is Anna Carter, and it's a simple life I have led.
I've lived here on this mountain every day of ninety years.
This winter has been the longest. That old February sky is cold and gray.
And I labor to draw every breath.
And I hope the Lord will hear me when I pray.

Oh please don't call me home until the summer.
For in May, this valley is a shining jewel.
Oh and I long to see the colors of my childhood.
I'm a waiting on the piney rose to bloom.

I've tended all the flowers that my mother planted when I was young.
They've come up faithfully every springtime
To remind me of her everlasting love.
And I know Mother's waiting up in heaven.
Oh, but I can't go when the world's in winter's sleep.
For I want all my flowers to be blooming
To comfort my poor family in their grief.

Oh please don't call me home until the summer.
For in May, this valley is a shining jewel.
Oh and I long to see the colors of my childhood.
I'm a waiting on the piney rose to bloom.

Oh how I love this place. Tennessee is a heaven here on earth.
And I hope heaven looks like my mountains.
Oh, or I'll be homesick for the land of my birth.

Oh please don't call me home until the summer.
For in May, this valley is a shining jewel.
Oh and I long to see the colors of my childhood.
I'm a waiting on the piney rose to bloom.