I would like to live alone
in a cabin by the woods,
just for a while,
you would say.
And I would tell you
no ebb or flow
will wash the sails from the shore.
Boys have gone out to the woods,
and boys have come back orphans.
Boys have gone out to the woods
I would like to be the first
to pull from the soil
a violin,
you would say.
And I would tell you
how I came to know
this nation's native tongue.
Oh! poisonous is the ground,
and disease is in the soil.
Oh! poisonous is the ground.
* * * * * *
And If by good fortune
you should cross
the path of a black crow,
draw your pistol
then fire it six times from your hip.
And six boys will cry
'Oh! we've been conquered.
'We have been conquered by you.
And you will say
'you have been conquered
'oh, I have conquered you.
credits
from Goose Lake ep,
track released December 21, 2009
A handful of intimate folk monologues set to soft, simple arrangements. We recorded this ep with Tyler in a cabin near where we once lived in northern Alberta. Goose Lake
Stark, folk-derived songs built on brittle acoustic guitars that conjure the image of a fire burning in the distance on a dark night. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 8, 2022