The Old Pine

Oh you screamed Hallelujah darling, Startled all the sleeping Starlins on the wire. As we walked up the footpath through the fields, How the rain did reveal your heart. And the rope swing from the balance held the weight, Shadows fall and a cold wind

Come in from the darkness on the edge of this three tree town. Because it's thicker than the woods out there, Settles harder than the cold winter ground. Come in from the shadows of these boot black, marching clouds Because trouble falls like rain, A

Hot sand on toes, cold sand in sleeping bags, I've come to know that memories Were the best things you ever had The summer shone beat down on bony backs So far from home where the ocean stood Down dust and pine cone tracks We slept like dogs down by