Creosote

What have I witnessed?

What have I seen?

What have I wrung out in the laundry

And sung out to the sea?

I see you, I see you

What do I see?

What have I given to you?

What have you given to me?

In the mixed up story, of the shuffle and shake

Let me see your energy

Let me see you, let me see you

Oh, what do I see?

But only when we're ready

Only when it feels real

I couldn't breath this morning

All the oxygen in the world

but I had grown gills

So take me to the water, set me down

I will swim beneath a shadow of stone

You won't see me again for awhile

You won't see me, you won't see me

Oh no, and I won't see you

Maybe I'll meet you on a long dirt road

I'll meet you

Maybe I'll meet you on a long dirt road

Maybe I'll meet you on a long dirt road

I'll meet you

Maybe I'll meet you on a long dirt road

Jack rabbit will catch you by surprise

No knowing what he knows

He'll stare you down

And then run off in style

I'm so hungry

For the mystery of how the creosote still grows

With no water

Year after year after year

She's a survivor of the perilous heat

What is it she has to teach?

What do you teach me?

What do you teach me?

Oh, what do you teach?

Is it patience? Or is it how to persevere?

How to stop looking over my shoulder

Learn to be right here

Learn to be right here

Learn to be right here

I don't sit still by design

Don't like to do one thing at a time

I'm always racing around trying to love this world

Like it's the last thing I do

Trying to love you,

Like it's the last thing

Like it's the last thing I'll do

Maybe I'll meet you on a long dirt road

I'll meet you

Maybe I'll meet you on a long dirt road

Maybe I'll meet you on a long dirt road

I'll meet you

Maybe I'll meet you on a long dirt road

What have I witnessed?

What have I seen?

What have I wrung out in the laundry

And sung out to the sea?

I see you, I see you, oh what do I see?

I see you, I see you, I see you, I see you, Oh, what do I see?