Track Insight / Lyrics
I follow down the ditch where muddy ground is rich
And velvet-coated crows lift caps beyond my reach
A silver crown goes turning underneath a stone
I hold it to the gray where storm clouds roll alone
O crow, O crow, keep your silver crown alight
Fly above the flood till morning turns the night
O crow, O crow, where the flooded creek runs wide
Carry my old fragments where the open waters hide
I kneel beside the culvert where the tin cans sleep
And label every current that the gutters keep
One cap says Sunday as it turns beside the rain
The drainage grate is humming with a low refrain
I pocket rusty labels from a half-drowned car
A bright cap from the windshield sparkles near the jar
O crow, O crow, keep your silver crown alight
Fly above the flood till morning turns the night
O crow, O crow, where the flooded creek runs wide
Carry my old fragments where the open waters hide
By rusted gates the cypress roots are holding rain
I hear my childhood chapel in the dripping drain
A blue cap on the mailbox bent beneath the latch
A brass cap in the clover where the patient worms watch
I bury both beside a thimble and a safety pin
Then hum the buried hymn they woke when doubt crept in
O crow, O crow, keep your silver crown alight
Fly above the flood till morning turns the night
O crow, O crow, where the flooded creek runs wide
Carry my old fragments where the open waters hide
The storm leaves copper music on the sagging wire
A chorus from the telephone that I can't guide
By silver pools the bottle caps are scattered wide
While one forgotten echo turns and steps inside
The crow is perching on my wrist, a patient thief
Of little circles shining underneath the leaf
O crow, O crow, keep your silver crown alight
Fly above the flood till morning turns the night
O crow, O crow, where the flooded creek runs wide
Carry all my fragments where the waking waters hide
