look, water ways in aren’t ways out
look, water ways in aren’t ways out
look, water ways in aren’t ways out
come by me and see the falls
maybe they’ll spill for you
when i’m so cool i want to cry
dangling legs over ol’ by and by
talking smart and tricks with kids
oh i am such a stick in the mud
‘till all the babes come home
and children’s children roam about
i’m no longer alone in this shelter
looking about for desperate faces
who i’ve found to be more like me
than anyone else who’s ever listened
well that’s a fine way to define the line
of who is in and who is out
the whole trails dry as dirt now
scents are scattered
and the wind has blown so
grass, leaves and sticks
have covered it all up…
so i guess the hunt is off
guess it is
well, say hi to yer folks then
same ’ere
after a long meander back to the road
the in’s and out’s of scraped knees, a rolled ankle
no bird, no beast, no flesh to eat
only me and my loaded gun
well, sure beats the hell of out spending time
by yerself
in fluttering wings
heaven breathes on me softly
and i do whisper back
though i don’t know
the words
fog punches holes
through twilight’s gaze
singing over me quietly, heaven
comes like a cloud-fire
letting in and out the light
through me
bitter wind pulls
hair back on my skin
shivers of my own voice cast
shadows over starlight holes
and i am pulling myself down
through this
enveloped in nighttime
well, the heavens shine inside
and sink in wondering eyes
yet no face is given heaven
please see me through this
logs crackle in flame
i breathe soot in out
steam wisps like a ghost i sip
love is such a face that has grown
unfamiliar over the years
oh it has come close, but it’s just as blurred
i can’t make it out
so still i go and stay
i play the game
but love is like shadow
coming close but beyond my eyes
a form i can’t make out
and well i see it
and oh i feel it
but can i know it
does it see me here?