When he calls out Oh when they go out all the world stops and listens I know I know what's wrong all around me Oh this is all he's reckoned to be This is all and when he ponders he'll wait he'll breathe and know all around Oh he waits there and he calls out for the sheep and so they do come and he waits there and he calls out and they call back Oh they come home to him On this day like all the others all the world starts to wonder he waits he looks and sees and he'll know now that this is all he ever wanted and he knows all about them he looks and so they go and he calls out Oh he waits there and he calls out for the sheep and all the bleating and he waits there and he calls out for the sheep now but the sheep have all gone Oh he waits there and he calls out for the sheep and all the bleating and he waits there and he calls out for the sheep now but the sheep is a wolf!
Heart of my heart look but don't purr watch the window as he goes outside and he is gone Heart of my heart look and don't cry wait and watch but don't purr as he goes by in a whir All of my life watch the window in hopes of a glimpse the tiny whir and he is gone Heart of my heart watch the window see him purring all about the hummingbird whir all of this goes by outside and then he's gone inside a whir
Out there I hear sounds I know don't exist for you how come Out there I hear sounds you can't - home come? Of this I conclude I know much more than I did how come Out there I hear sounds you can't -- how come? Out there I hear sounds like I know what I hear you can't how come? Out pounds Out pounds more than you know - how come? Out there I hear sounds I'm sure of what they are I conclude I know Out there I hear sounds like I love you - how come?
Here we be and none too soon sweetheart thoughts come to me they're very pretty very very pretty Oh now here you be run into me dizzy spells all around it's very pretty very very pretty Oh come look Here we be and none too soon roundin' up my thoughts for you they're very pretty very very pretty Oh now rub your eyes good and hard pink and gold is what you'll see I'm very dizzy very very dizzy Oh come look Dizzy you and dizzy you Oh in a delirium Oh come back come back to me Oh come back come back to me Sweet askew run into you I'm way too weak to catch my breath I'm very dizzy very very dizzy Here come quick and then you'll see all these things surrounding me they're very pretty very very pretty Oh come look
Oh what this could be and all the days caught in between and what a sight that we could see and all these things from A to Z Oh look at this and tell me and the lovely things you see and Oh what dreams to wish for now and look up high and up above Oh this will be a time to see Of all you want sincerely Of dogs and toys and bees with knees are what you need so terribly Oh what a lovely day and all the days caught in between what a lovely time to tell Of what you see and all above Oh this can be the wish you dream Of all you want from A to Z and Oh and you can be with me with books and sticks and 1, 2, 3's and all we dream and wish 'til this 'til the end
Think about the why and wherefore all I am and all I care for Ought I know and Ought I wonder as it was all at once as it was all at once all at once Holding out the arm and under swing around and throw like thunder here it comes a all asunder as it was all at once as it was all at once all at once What's this now the why and wherefore all i am and all I care for here it 'tis a thrown like thunder and it comes as it was and it comes as it was all at once
Pin and a Web distort my eyes again Oh to see thru this all of the white and film to pull and tug Oh to rid me of this web Pull and disturb the web inside of me where wings fall apart and that I hope to tell and reach out to Oh it's none the same to me I see no end I know it's because I see this again
I see now how harder this can get I look out and I know not today what I can't handle nothing more so I'll just close my eyes My heart goes in a whirl everytime and how I know I don't know what I can do anymore so I say not today See now what happens everytime I look out and I know what is wrong I see her and I am her anymore I can't look so she says Not today I see her and I notice she's upset I look out and I say Not today
Oh Barnacle - it's so small Oh Barnacle - it's so small it's a Barnacle it's a Barnacle see how small see how small it goes Oh Barnacle
Oh Oh hey and twiggen now clammer 'bout and gather 'round and when he calls when he goes they will come Oh gather all Ringin' bells and lead him on follow quick 'cuz here it comes as I speak there he goes lead him down the ever road Lay down to rest Lay down to rest Lay down and rest your head He was old and now he's young everlast him gather now and this will work if we pray here he goes on to the day
Tall as the trees I've told but hopes there was no harm how can this all begin where is this all in end how hard the time could pass how much I could confess what's wrong I'll never know what should I say I can't help what goes on and I can't even try help others help myself in case this was all my fault Oh if this was my fault Oh guilt I can convey heed what begins and ends no doubts no thoughts at all nevertheless you say answer that is so vague helplessness more the like for me to say I can't help what goes on and I can't even try nevertheless you say nevertheless is why
(Behold the Night)
I see where - where I've been and Oh behold and then I look and I can see across the sky Oh now behold the tiny lights
(On the Front Porch)
Lord Oh mercy could not see to get home so we sat and we talked and the heat and the day at once fell Still by the still in the cool of the night and the hoot of the owl and the drawl of y'all got mixed up in my head and I fell Lord mercy please I'm as good as can be we're all ginger and pale and the day at once fell and we're still on the porch