Outside Looking In

Mother Nature sat down at the table That I had built with my hands Her fingers folded and listening To how I'd used the land And when my voice finally faded She called upon the rains and the wind And I felt her prayer from the outside looking in Audubon had a baby Gave the birth later in life Never would have had her as a maybe Nor as an unwed wife And when that golden child was born Perfect and free from sin I sent my congratulations Love from the outside looking in Danger, Danger Call the fire ranger The wind doth blow And we need some help down here Good intentions But reckless, careless Looking to the outside And stopped looking in Little girl in the garden Dancing and it seems like she knows That she alone makes the sunrise And makes the flowers grow And she'll make many more like me And they'll build a home for their kin And we'll all stand here in reverence Smiling from the outside looking in Man makes a meal out of mankind Makes it dry where it rains Man makes his buildings holy Turns his God into gains Man looks down at his sisters Sharing a silent secret Wondering why he's on the outside looking in Danger, danger Beat up the strangers Fortify the walls and win Point the finger and anyone Anywhere we have not been Heaven waits for the weary Heaven waits for the kind Heaven waits for the sinners And heaven shows up on time If heaven is what you make it And that's what this is all about Heaven's there on the inside looking out Heaven's here on the inside looking out