OVER THE HILLS OF ST. CROIX

a.k.a. PHANTOMS

Version 2

Well Billy and Lou in high boots
Went hiking days in the river
Hold your gun above the water
Calls softly to the shore
Now the fisher's on his way too
In darkness to wake the day shift
Those pythons fly in strict formation
Over the hills of St. Croix

Now they don't hide their hardware (Now they know why they're all there)
But those South men don't come with fear
So those freedom cruisers all slip away (So those freedom fighters are all right)
Over the hills as they go down to the river

Well Billy and Lou sat on a stony highway
In the heat of the sun just to come down (Needing for something to come on down)
And his dreams are full of crazy visions
Of those white ladies in their evening gowns
They like wandering the hills (They're like water in the hills)

Ah, he looks up at them above the walls until he sees trouble
Oh they're like water in his hand (They felt like water in his hands)
And he hears them "Hey Billy"
He hears them calling "Going back to land"
And they cry "Hey Billy, ho ho, ho ho ho"
Ah that's what they call
Ho ho, ho ho ho
Ah he hears them call Over the hills of St. Croix

Along the blue horizon
They skipped and ran away to the river
Those python troopers guard'em
Let him wake up on the shore
Now today I have been praying
For darkness to wake the day shift (For this crazy nation)
Those pythons fly in strict formation
Over the hills of St. Croix
Those phantoms fly in strict formation
Over the hills of St. Croix
Those phantom jets fly in strict formation
Over the hills of St. Croix

Version 1 and version 3 are also available. Sometimes in this song, 'St. Croix' is replaced by 'St. George', and then the song is referred as OVER THE HILLS OF ST. GEORGE.

Although the arrangement is identical to ZERO AND BLIND TERRY, the lyrics are far removed from the more well known version, although the basic theme running through both tracks is essentially the same, that of lovers separated by powers larger than themselves.