Into the Wilderness - Jonnybegood

On the first night I called to the Devi The power at the base of the tree On it's roots a dragon was gnawing Longing for it's chance to be free From the earth she was sprung, the support of this world To whom we're all but the image of a child The destroyer of safety at the threshold of the path The road that will lead us into the wild On the second night I bathed in the waters Soaking up the dripping juices of the moon I found the stream of blood and I pleaded Please, grant me my wished for boons On the third night as I sat by my fire While inviting all the denizens to my side A city of jewels appeared before my eyes And I prostrated before my deathly bride Leaving the shelter for the great wilderness From birth to birth you have walked by my side Leaving the shelter for the great wilderness The place where the worlds open wide On the fourth night as the wind rushed through the tree I was ready to dispel my fears You rode up to me, with a noose in your hand To the unstruck music of the spheres Leaving the shelter for the great wilderness From birth to birth you have walked by my side Leaving the shelter for the great wilderness The place where the worlds open wide On the fifth night I heard it, as pure as white snow The seed that is clothed in space And at the seat of the lover and the beloved I humbly received their grace They call her the one with the earrings Ascending from terrestrial planes Now standing straight, a mirror was made Now fit for the great wild plains

The Man in the wilderness He asked of me How many strawberries grow in the salt sea? And I answered him, as I thought good As many a ship sails in the wood The Man in the wilderness He asked me, Why His hare could swim and his pig could fly? And I answered him, as I thought best They were both born in a cuckoo's nest The Man in the wilderness Asked me to tell Tell all the sands in the sea and I counted them well And with the grain, well, not one more I answered him, you go make sure Said with the grain, well, not one more I answered him, you go make sure I answered him, you... you go make sure

On a razor's edge At the first sign of light The car was packed While the house was quiet And my sister slept As we started the drive To California Where it's warmer Gonna start a new life Gonna miss Ohio but this time We're gonna get it right Station wagon tires, flying Katie's counting crows through the Tears in her blue eyes State lines and capitals go rushing By as I'm trying to find A station on the radio Everything's gonna be better on the west coast And the days move fast On northern plains And I read the maps The prairie grass moved In the wind like waves And we can't look back Some men you just can't save We had our reasons for leaving It's better this way Gonna miss Ohio but I'm not Gonna miss the rain Station wagon tires, flying Katie's counting crows through the Tears in her blue eyes State lines and capitals go rushing By as I'm trying to find A station on the radio Everything's gonna be better on the west coast Better than the mess that we left back home In Ohio Ohio Goodbye blue house Goodbye red door Abandoned worlds where we would drink on weekends There's magnet's pulling from the ocean floor I can't forget The way you looked when we were leaving Tires, flying Katie's counting crows through the Tears in her blue eyes State lines and capitals go rushing By as I'm trying to find A station on the radio Everything's gonna be better on the west coast Better than the mess that we left back home In Ohio Ohio Ohio Ohio Ohio