The White Tent the Raft

歌詞

there's a red leaf that falls from a purple tree it falls it floats down one red leaf against a clear blue sky it floats down past the marbles in the clearing beneath the geese in flight to the darkening river in the autumn light where it touches down oh, like a great bird landing tears of autumn there's a white tent that sits in the middle of a raft that floats down floats down the middle of a river of a stream floating down and the tears streaming from the mind's eye streaming back beyond the white sheets that flap and fly oh, tears of wanting the white tent the raft the white tent the raft the white tent the raft fists and chests MANGO CLEARING: oh Mango in the clearing it's his leg or something waiting everything would be alright watching the trees then his toes then the trees deeper into the jungle and leaves him there we turn off the t.v. never forget that night never heard you couldn't sleep hotel window get up to those dark peaks everything would be the white tent the raft the white tent the raft the white tent the raft fists and chests GREAT OVERCOAT CLEARING: and when it's not our great overcoat it's a grey and yellow dress so beautiful the bees they followed you through the mall to the clearing in the wilderness and you lay down and I picked you up and I said you must never leave your beautiful hands like knitting needles and I said- it's Jane, it's me she said - when you go that's when you go lighten up and pass the cup fifty bucks and that's all you got? yeah, I love you there's a white tent that sits in the middle of a raft that floats down floats down the middle of a river of a stream floating down and the tears streaming from the mind's eye streaming back beyond the white sheets that flap and fly oh, tears of hardness the white tent the raft the white tent the raft the white tent the raft fists and chests OVERKILL CLEARING: found the snake in the clearing and it tried to kill him of course but then...only after it tried to get away he said - youse the meanest ugliest low-down and he cursed and swore gonna shoot the damn thing (I'll never let nobody hurt you) I watched from the raft and I withdrew my scent it's not hard to kill a snake it's not hard it's not hard to kill a snake it's not that hard the white tent the raft the white tent the raft the white tent the raft fists and chests ANGRY CLEARING: what do you mean I love you stop saying I love you I don't know what you mean anyway I don't know what love is and... you don't know what love is and... it doesn't change anything anyway ah...who cares who gives a... because all I see is more hate more fear less light than before me the white tent the raft the white tent the raft the white tent the raft fists and chests BIRDS AT DAWN CLEARING: get off my branch... stick legs -they are not this is my tree it's getting lighter I'm talking to you turn down your radio dawn is coming - run! every morning when the sun comes up as loud as he can Get Up! Get Up! yeah, I love you I love you a lot lighten up and pass the cup there's a thousand white tents on a thousand rafts all floating down there's a thousand fists and a thousand chests they come thundering down and the tears streaming from a thousand eyes streaming back beyond the white sheets that flap and fly oh, tears of hunger there's a white tent that blows in the middle of a raft that floats down down the middle of a long and lonely dream or is it lovely? can't always tell... and the clearings pass like blowing scarves the slightly familiar the slightly apart and the river never runs dry oh, tears of open the white tent the raft the white tent the raft and one red leaf for my love... for your love...