Lyrics

I don't know what you're expecting
You seem to think I'm a saint
I can't deliver your message
Don't make me something I ain't

Remember me with my failings
They played as much of a part
In your life as my friendship
Or your delight in my art

You hear the wind in the cedars
You see the waves on the lake
But who knows where it will lead us
Or what it leaves in its wake?

Don't give no heed to the storm crows
Just get to work on your pledge
And I'll wait under the willows
Just to the south of the bridge

We climbed that mountain to find that fountain
To quench the thirsty garden of our lives
But time done drowned us; a hungry world surrounds us
So strengthen now the few things that survive

Now when the moon like a nighthawk
Calls you into the woods
Under the shadow of hemlocks
Who for centuries stood

They don't tell you their secrets
They just invite you to breathe
And you surrender your weakness
And every sorrow you've grieved

In their towering presence
Somehow a gentling grace
The spirit sharing its essence
As it caresses your face

Who knows how long you were there for?
But when you stumble away
You're both lesser and more
Than you were yesterday

We climbed that mountain to find that fountain
To quench the thirsty garden of our lives
But time done drowned us; a hungry world surrounds us
So strengthen now the few things that survive

State’s attorney forgetting
Who they're working for
They're just defending their record
In the language of war

And yet our effort’s not hopeless
With friends and neighbors to call
And with persistence and focus
We'll win the justice for all

We climbed that mountain to find that fountain
To quench the thirsty garden of our lives
But time done drowned us; a hungry world surrounds us
So strengthen now the few things that survive

(c) Dave Nealon 2022