Hush

Her soul's slipping, her mind's drifting

Like a ship letting go of her ropes

Sand's shifting, her hand's gripping

She just can't let go

Hush little darlin', don't you cry

Ain't time you learned to fly?

Wind's wild, sparrow beguiled

By a rose of fragrance so sweet

She swooped down low like wind to an arrow

And crashed in its soil and seed

Hush little darlin', don't you cry

Ain't time you said goodbye?

Her wings scorned, her feathers torn

Unable to fly

So she stayed in the nest and watched all the rest

Puff their breasts up toward the sky

Hush little darlin', don't say a word

He's a thorn and you're the bird