WILDERNESS

Written by David Poe. ©2004 Charming Martyr Music (BMI). All rights reserved. From the album Love Is Red

 

DEAD EVERGREEN

STILL WHISPERING

THE WARMER BIRDS ALREADY FLOWN

WET WITH RAIN

A STRETCH OF TWINE LAIN

BETWEEN THE EARTH AND THE DIRTY ROAD

DON'T YOU CRY

WE CAN HIDE HERE

DISAPPEAR INTO THE WEST

YOU ARE CLEAN

QUIET AS A SNOW

DARKER THAN A FOREST

YOU ARE MY WILDERNESS

 

UNDERGROUND

TRAIN UPTOWN

TAKES THE TIME THAT IT TAKES

SO MANY FACES

THE HUMAN RACES

THE WHEELS OF PROGRESS, AND THE BRAKES

IF THE TREES ARE THE LUNGS OF THE WORLD

THE CITY IS HER CIGARETTE

YOU'RE A MYSTERY

DEEPER THAN THE SEA

AND FRAGILE AS A STARLING'S NECK

YOU ARE MY WILDERNESS

 

HISTORY'S WHORE

WILL WIN THE WAR

AND TELL THE STORY TO HER CHILD

THE NATIONAL JONES

WILL KICK THE STONES

AND EAT ITS WAY INTO THE WILD

DON'T YOU CRY

FOR THE HOLE IN THE SKY

LAY ME DOWN YOUR RIVERBED

YOU ARE CLEAN

QUIET AS THE SNOW

DARKER THAN A FOREST

YOU ARE MY WILDERNESS