Lyrebird

Troubled the world over Trouble found my child's mind Each morning the sea wakes up coughing Coughs up the bottles and bags left behind David's gone Mom's beside herself David's gone The Inupiaq watching the ice melt Bring back no caribou What little they get from the hunt They share out 'cause that's what they're brought up to do The TV is on Mom's beside herself The TV is on The lyrebird mimics the chainsaw and camera shutters How, as he's mocking the poacher, do hear a protector? David's gone Mom's beside herself David's gone The Homosassa River sea cow With a dirty word etched in his back Has no choice but to eat the red tide bloom And the capital's under attack Eve stands at the polling station Clutching her grandmother's cross She pictures her family and friends Picks up the pen and she fills in the box The TV is on Mom's beside herself The TV is on She gave him her whole life The lyrebird mimics the chainsaw Troubled the world over Trouble found my child's mind This morning the flags flying at half staff And the rain doesn't show up on time David's gone Mom's beside herself David's gone She gave him her whole life The lyrebird mimics the chainsaw