Far Too Long

I come from a land where the golden eagle soars

Where the deer and the bear roam free

But I’ve languished far too long

Crushed by concrete and steel

Oh Mother, are you coming back for me?

(chorus)

Well I toil night and day in this greenhouse hell

But all that ever grows is my age

And I’ve burned my share of oil running idle in one place

Watched my carbon credits vanish in the haze

While the coyote howls at each red traffic light

When that small yellow moon fades again

I come from a land where the river runs wild

Like a laughing spirit child

But I’ve thirsted far too long

Drunk on the wine of bitter tears

Oh Father, don’t you cry no more for me

I come from a land where there never is a need

To reap more than we sow

But I’ve hungered far too long

Gnawed at the bone of human dreams

Oh Brother, are you starving there with me?

I come from a land where the battle rages on

So far removed from war

But I’ve sweated blood too long

These veins are all played out

Oh Sister, are you dying there with me?

Thomas Hubbard (9/2007)

The Music and Musings of a Mad Mystic