The Crow and the Raven (III) [feat. Lindsay Lou]

Leavin’ this morning out of Oakland to the prairie

Last night I might’ve got some rest

Hard way to fall, from a heartbreak to a city

But year after year I chase my troubles here

You can’t steal a heart if you know you never found it

Lord, at least I admit I tried

Please forgive this trespass for I knew she could sing my death

Leave me by the road in them lonesome fields of rye

Noticed something changin’ in the corner of her eye

And now I’m back beneath the circles of the blackbirds in the sky

I knew that she might leave me when the days got to gettin’ longer

She’s just a bird in misery and won't come down alone

If she’d just let herself fly a little lower

I might tell the difference in a raven and a crow

Wheels turnin’ north on that East Sierra Highway

Burnin’ mountains on my shoulder

Just like the deserts that darken to the East

Swear I could almost feel her gettin’ colder

Under the yellow pine the night she went away

Realized I’s ridin’ for the fall

Fairweather friend I make out it’s the end

And it all falls deaf on mountain air

Noticed something changin’ in the corner of her eye

Now I’m back beneath the circles of the blackbirds in the sky

I knew that she might leave me when the days got to gettin’ longer

She’s just a bird in misery and won't come down alone

If she’d just let herself fly a little lower

I might tell the difference in a raven and a crow

Wasn’t her I saw with feathers changing

But the thrush is the sound that calls me from the willow

Sunset’s better in California

But I might be gone when the wind comes for tomorrow

I might be gone when the wind comes for tomorrow

You can’t steal a heart if you know you never found it