Birdless

Something will shine in the backyard

Blue lanterns or Saint Gerard

Who was lost in the snow

Something will shine on the ground

My Father will bend His ear to the ground

When we are lost in Carlisle

When we are birdless

Flowerless in the spring

And we cannot sing

Oh Father John in the driveway

When we walk out he will bless us

With his hands on our heads

All down the sidewalk there are these chalk ballerinas

The neighbors drew with arms to the sky

When we are lost in Carlisle

When we are birdless

Flowerless in the spring

And we cannot sing

Where are we going tomorrow

Where are we going?

Oh I can only say we will be found

Something will shine in the backyard

Blue lanterns or Saint Gerard

Who was lost in the snow