Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
(Words and Music by Terry Moore)

Demo recorded by Diane Barry

IT WAS A WINTERS DAY WHEN WE MOVED FROM TULSA
WHEN ME AND MAMMA CAUGHT THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN
YOU COULD ONLY HEAR THE SOUND OF THOSE BIG WHEELS TURNIN'
AS WE BOTH LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW IN THE COLD NIGHT RAIN
THEN THIS YOUNG STRANGER CAME AND SAT BESIDE US
HE HAD THE DARKEST HAIR AND THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SMILE
THEN HE LOOKED AT ME AND MAMMA THEN STARTED TALKIN'
HE SAID EXCUSE ME MA'AM WOULD YOU LISTEN FOR A WHILE

HE TURNED TO ME AND SAID YOUR NAME IS ABBIE
AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU NOW WHAT I'VE JUST SAW
ONE DAY YOU WILL BE A FAMOUS LAWYER
YOU WILL DEFEND THE POOR AND WEAK IN A COURT OF LAW
THEN MAMMA TOOK HIS ARM AND STARTED CRYIN'
YOUNG MAN HOW CAN YOU TELL WHAT'S TO COME
HE SMILED AND SAID MA'AM I KNOW YOUR HEART IS BREAKIN'
YOU SEE I'M THE SEVENTH SON OF A SEVENTH SON

MA'AM I KNOW YOUR MAN WAS CALLED HOME EARLY
HE WAS IN HIS PRIME, HE WAS ONLY THIRTY-ONE
BUT I KNOW HE WILL ALWAYS WALK BESIDE YOU
HE'S WITH YOU EVERYDAY, HE'S YOUR MORNING SUN

THEN HE SAID YOUNG LADY YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THREE CHILDREN
AND MA'AM THE PROUDEST GRAN YOU'RE GONNA BE
REMEMBER WINTER DAYS DON'T LAST FOREVER
KISSED US GOODBYE AND LEFT THE TRAIN AT KANKANEE
ME AND MAMMA TALK ABOUT HIM OFTEN
AND THAT COLD DARK MORNING BACK IN '81
WE WILL NEVER FORGET THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN FROM TULSA
WHEN THAT YOUNG STRANGER TOLD US WHAT'S TO COME

NO WE WILL NEVER FORGET THAT MIDNIGHT TRAIN FROM TULSA
WHEN WE MET THE SEVENTH SON OF A SEVENTH SON