Long Into The Evening - Great Lake Swimmers

It’s only human to wonder why

It’s only animal to do it

It’s only animal to run along the rocks

And move along instead of talk

It’s only human to wonder how

And how I wish I could talk to you now

And the words tumble out of your mouth

Like apples from a wild tree

And mine they spy out cautiously

Like a creature from its cave

Our able bodies and able minds

Are animals and things on vines

Greening fields and windy mines

In our sounds and movements

And the waves like lessons

Thrashing over me in waves

Of self-doubt and illusion

Like night’s intrusion

On the daylight of the strings

They gently let me play

I’ve got points of icicles

Piercing into me and I miss your warmth

And the sound of your voice

Like apples tumbling from a wild and windy tree

My body aches for you, and shakes for you

And sways for you

And dances with your little woman body

Long into the evening