By Ourselves

I wake you up before dawn
Good-natured grumbling
But there's only light to come
Drag us to Big Morongo or Lytle Creek
To look for Bighorn Sheep fucking on the cliffside

You are the only one
To read my wild tome
By ourselves we'll call this home
Like these trees we'll never be alone

I know you don't like the cold
But I'm glad you come anyway
As this golden light shines clear
In this riparian context by the marsh
There's mostly warmth to come
Walking by the water

You are the only one
To read my wild tome
By ourselves we'll call this home
Linked like trees we'll never be alone

These words ride forest light into the earth
We convert them into energy and rebirth
We are hand-in-hand as Owls scan the ground
These words are carried on the wind with their sounds

There's no one else around
This perfect scenery
We're now like Coyotes
Who spend their entire lives
Together in the wildlands
In the tall grass by themselves
Bounding up the hillside

You are the only one
To read my wild tome
By ourselves we'll call this home
Like these trees we'll never be alone
You are the only one
To read my wild tome
By ourselves we'll call this home
Linked like trees we'll never be alone

These words ride forest light into the earth
We convert them into energy and rebirth
We are hand-in-hand as Owls scan the ground
These words are carried on the wind with their sounds