You Who Were a Turtle (Now a Bird) Lyrics

The Quiet World:I curl around the bottom of this tree and I place my hands down into thecool wet grass the cool wet grassI will later to climb.But for now my hands merely placein t...Read Full Lyrics

a man tries to sell a flower to a little girlelsewhere a building is on firea crowd of pedestrians stands transfixed.Ella and Henry are in lovethey go roller skating Fridaysto cele...Read Full Lyrics

I am gentle on a dark quiet riverIt is deep and dark and soft and waryI am silentIt is quiet, huge forms loom on the banks--the bodiesof great whales so long dead, so long deadI pa...Read Full Lyrics

The sun was cold though brightand the air stung our lungs like poisoned glitterin an early morning fugueof confusion and dreariness.The world was a bitter freezing nickel,dropped o...Read Full Lyrics

I must go down to the sea tonightI must go down to the waterI think I run my hands down the sleek body of a sealand see how it turns its head and snaps at me with yellow teethoh so...Read Full Lyrics

Watcher, eyes shielded, above us on cliffs you perchI know you, a gilded crescent is your mouthyour tongue--a forked serpentdown the rocky crags you sprint, breathlessdown the rock...Read Full Lyrics

O holy night, the stars are brightly shiningit is the night of our our dear savior's birthlong lay the world in sin and plagues of locuststill he appeared and the stuff got more aw...Read Full Lyrics

I was walking through the snow When I saw a distant glow Of a farmhouse nestled down beneath the trees With a guitar on my back I thought it sure can't hurt to ask If I could stay ...Read Full Lyrics

When I was thirteen All my friends made fun of me Cause I wore knickers instead of jeans Just like Huck Finn I used to smoke a corncob pipe I would smoke it late at night I never ...Read Full Lyrics

Sad songs don't change the world If you know what I mean But I've got to get along The only way that I know how And that's a sad, sad song for me Sad songs don't make it better Or...Read Full Lyrics