[Verse 1]
Who shaped the rocks
These rivers and time?
A pilgrim, I'll receive
My fate from thee
Havilah spoke harsh towards the kids
Like they was not his kin even
Three white-headed girls in their baby teeth still
Shirtless, hopping through the jimsonweed

[Chorus]
By God I pine for a companion

[Verse 2]
His doubt was ripe and foul
Tempered by four roses
And a lack of faithful work
He weren't no honest man
A drunk backslider don't stay on the job
Long enough to pay the light bill
And sad women go to church twice on a Sunday
But are too ashamed to join the choir

[Chorus]
By God I pine for a companion
[Verse 3]
Hе took a belt and buckle
To my back and ribs
For his envy was hard as diamonds
Yеah, hard as diamonds
I prayed through the beatings, drawing breath
Slow and measured til he wore himself out
I am a servant, unto the rapture
A wheel within a circle, I suppose

[Chorus]
By God I pine for a companion

[Verse 4]
I threw myself into the mouth
Of the Hiwassee
Where the Cherokee once lived proud
And fished for cutthroat

[Chorus]
By God I pine for a companion
By God I pine for a companion