Meadowlark - Eric Andersen

Darknes sparkles the edge of dawn

like a heart that’s turned stone cold

the ones I love are dead and gone

and I am growing old

Oh my heart is whispering

go back north

to the north I truly love

I’d follow the geese but they’re heading south

so I’ll follow the morning dove

When I get there I’ll build a fire

and stare into the flames

for every single spark that flies

I’ll remember a loved one’s name

When spring surrounds the winter ground

and the ice falls from the nest

and winter sings with a voice of spring

I’ll be heading for the west

For I have live and I have died

a thousand of your deaths

I’ve partaken a thousand times

the sweetness of your breath

I have held you in my eyes

with my hands cupped 'neath your breasts

Shall I follow the meadowlark

and lay me down to rest

and lay me down to rest

I will not follow the meadowlark

I’ll follow the morning dove

I’ll prove my wings both strong and true

til I found the one I love

But I shant forsake the meadowlark

she did not forsake me

to the meadowlark godspeed

to the meadowlark godspeed

The eagle got us in the air

the buzzard picked our bones

the meadowlark sang us songs

the morning dove took us home

Darknes sparkles the edge of dawn

like a heart that’s turned stone cold

the ones I love are dead and gone

and I am growing old

Oh my heart is whispering

go back north

to the north I truly love

I’d follow the geese but they’re heading south

so I’ll follow the morning dove

I’ll follow the morning dove