Crow

from The Cave by John Millard, Tomson Highway and Martha Ross

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lyrics

CROW

“You cawed your way deep into my heart,”
Is what he sang, this lilting love song
For me, Joe Crow, who dearly loves him,
Who, for him, can do no wrong.

High over black pine, higher I climb
The smoke is so thick, my love is so strong
I will get there to hear him sing
to hear him sing his love song, his love song, his love song.

But why of a sudden this hanging mist
Why of a sudden this smoke so impure?
I know this land, my home, my birthplace
But all of a sudden I’m not so sure.

And I’m flying; flying, flying,
Over black meadow, over forest now gone
To be by his side
It’s taken so long.
And here I am flying; flying, flying,
Over black meadow, over forest now gone
To be by his side
It’s where I belong.

Joe is delirious, Joe Crow is lost
The smoke is too thick, His love too strong
He will not get to hear his Fox
Sing to him his beautiful song, his beautiful song.

It’s too late already I can feel it
The sunset behind him a sinister ball
He walks a stage, in truth made of granite
The curtains a-flame, a terrible wall.

credits

from The Cave, released June 15, 2022
Alex Samaras (solo)

Greg Oh: Music Director, piano and keyboards
Rob Clutton: Bass
Matti Pulkki: Accordion
Tara Davidson: Reeds
Christa Mercey: Percussion
John Millard: Wood Banjo
Company sings back up vocals