Ballad of the Pines

[Verse 1]
Looking for a reason not to stay drunk
All the time
Feel my way through the creases
Of those wrinkled linen sheets of time

[Verse 2]
When you wondered off to Mexico
Leaving late no one know you'd flown
That was the moment I made a truce
Between the feather and the goose
Come back speaking Spanish to me
I don't mind

[Verse 3]
Sky water running off the mountain
Sliding through the light of dusty souls
The field of water grows I skip the pebble
Of the lonely mocking bird
When you wandered off with money man
We all knew there would be no return
That was the moment when the breeze
Dashed across the wicked sees
And came back as the ballad of the pines

[Chorus]
Sing it with me if your heart is broken
This is the ballad of the pines
Sing it with me if you're filled with joy
For this is the ballad of the pines
When you're sitting with your best friends sing it to them
The ballad of the pines
They are standing there like temples sing it to them
The ballad of the pines