[Verse 1]
The north wind blows a prairie fire
Across the open plain
A light shines on a granite stone
Where someone carved my name

[Chorus]
Sister, find the preacher-man
Daddy, call the law
Things have gotten out of hand
Here in Arkansas

[Verse 2]
An icy ring around the moon
A fire across the sky
They buried me this afternoon
And left me here to die

[Chorus]
Sister, find the preacher-man
Daddy, call the law
Things have gotten out of hand
Here in Arkansas

[Verse 3]
Sheriff Clark, Reverend, Friend
Missus Worthington
Told my family that I'd be the end
To all they've done
[Chorus]
Sister, find the preacher-man
Daddy, call the law
Things have gotten out of hand
Here in Arkansas

[Verse 4]
Mother raised the children
Daddy worked the farm
I was born the seventh son
Of the seventh-born

[Chorus]
Sister, find the preacher-man
Daddy, call the law
Things have gotten out of hand
Here in Arkansas

[Verse 5]
All the elders did decree
My soul to be unclean
They strapped me to a gurney
And gave me morphine

[Chorus]
Sister, find the preacher-man
Daddy, call the law
Things have gotten out of hand
Here in Arkansas
[Verse 6]
Sister walks into the night
And prays, my soul to save
And underneath the cold moonlight
She finds my open grave

[Chorus]
Sister, find the preacher-man
Daddy, call the law
Things have gotten out of hand
Here in Arkansas

[Outro]
The north wind blows a prairie fire
Here in Arkansas