
A Thousand years
I used to play on the river like moonlight on the lops,
Like an elder speaking its spirit never stops,
So ancient, patient, moving like the breeze,
Drinking the water that’s reflected the leaves for a thousand years.
I used to speak to the river in words I’d understand,
Then I’d kill my dinner and I’d eat it with my hands,
So endless, relentless, so restless and free,
Respect for the water that’s been so good to me for a thousand years.
You’re the geese in the fall,
You’ve somewhere to be,
I’m a seal in the spring time caught on a flow,
Don’t know where I’m going just happy to go.
Let me paint you a picture of a wild land,
Sewn together by the grace of a weathered hand,
So cast off, signed off, I’m not ready to leave,
Like the fading memories of the old man and me for a thousand years
I’m dreaming of the stream and I don’t want to leave,
Like the fading memories of the old man and me for a thousand years

butter and snow
I want to live in Butter and Snow,
Where I watched my mom and dad get old,
Deep in the heart of this great big bay,
They’ll burry my bones someday.
I learned to love in Butter and Snow,
Holding hands down at the shore,
I remember that summer day,
When you told me you were going away,
Your folks decided they’d split for town,
I decided that I’d stick around,
But I don’t regret it a day,
This is my home and this is where I belong,
And if you don’t like it then the rabbits won’t mind,
If you can’t wait, baby, all I have is time,
But no mind to convince you to stay,
My words are few but my heart finds a way,
Because…
I want to live in Butter and Snow,
Where I watched my mom and dad get old,
Deep in the heart of this great big bay,
They’ll burry my bones someday.
But you won’t have to dig deep to find me,
Oh my soul,
Is gonna be in a cabin down Butter and Snow,
Falling asleep beneath the stars,
Falling asleep beneath the stars,
Oh my soul

autumn wandering
I’m going to find a peaceful nature,
Where the wind comes from,
I’m going to find a peaceful nature,
When I’m done.
Where questions are answered,
And your wounds disappear,
I’m going to find a peaceful nature,
Just not here.
I’ll get a world away,
I won’t send you letters I’ll pray,
I’d give my world to get a world away.
Because I want to see a maple tree blushing,
I want to feel the autumn wind rushing,
All of my family and friends singing about something,
It’s autumn wandering,
It’s all and it’s nothing.
I’ll get a world away,
I won’t send you letters I’ll pray,
I’d give my world to get a world away.
How pretty you must’ve looked in the bonfire glow,
I remember how you wrote our names with ashes in the snow.
I come out here way out here,
And let this song just write itself,
Listening to the fire crackling,
I put another book on my shelf,
Because questions are answered,
And your wounds disappear,
I’m going to find a peaceful nature,
It’s right here.
I’ll get a world away,
I won’t send you letters I’ll pray,
I’d give my world to get a world away.
I’d give my world to get a world away.