Ancient Redwood

Hill atop an ancient town The forest blows in breezy swells Tunnel deep to find your own Sleep within an iron cell Next morning you'll clamber out Roots of trees, tangles around Clear them away with pick and spade Disguise your home as an ancient grave Another man you knew from school Built his home inside the room Of an ancient redwood still covered in leaves Another man you knew Built his home in the bank Of that old Rogue River still covered in clay Ancient castle inside a tree Lived his wife and daughters three Smoke the elk in the upper bough When I get home let the ladders down Wolf and man across the street The grass is green beneath their feet Back at home and free to roam Great frozen rivers of concrete Another man you knew Built his home inside the room Of an ancient redwood still covered in leaves Another man you knew Built his home in the bank Of that old Rogue River still covered in clay Hill atop an ancient town The forest blows in breezy swells Tunnel deep to find your own Sleep within an iron cell Next morning you'll clamber out The roots of trees tangle about Clear them away with pick and spade Disguise your home as an ancient grave Another man you knew from school Built his home inside the room Of an ancient redwood still covered in leaves Another man you knew Built his home in the bank Of that old Rogue River still covered in clay