"Sons & Daughters"

(lyrics to the song written in 1990)

many nights i hold the secrets
of the movies of the weeds
watch them burn
throw the ashes to the wind
on my knees
the wild country lashes out with storms
floods the fields
the scars can't begin to count the needs
to count the needs

instead you've gone to the ocean
taken all the juice in the rain
made mistake out of adventure
but i know you'll go to run again
the high country holds you
in the snow like a grave
but no death will release you from the pain
from the pain

for we were born together
from the same mother's womb
and wherever leaves have scattered
we will walk in the moon
to meet our sons & daughters
to meet our son & daughters
to meet our sons, our sons & daughters

the high country cold and wild
is blowing through my veins
the blood has spilled, just walk away
just walk away

but the world turns in a circle
she always spins her face to the light
our days correct our stumbling
through the tempest of the night
the high country rolls and sighs
the lowlands are filled with fertile soil
on which we've come to build
we've come to build

for we were born together
from the same mother's womb
and wherever leaves have scattered
we will walk in the moon
to meet our sons & daughters
to meet our sons & daughters
to meet our sons, our sons & daughters
our sons & daughters