The City I Love

I left home while the other two stayed back It ‘s just a matter of time Before she leaves with some practical goals Slightly different than mine

Maybe she could fly The mountains aren’t so high Each one heads farther south than the last Trying to make better time

I went down to the river and kneeled and prayed And I washed seven times in the mud Then I crossed the river but I looked back As the flames took the home that I loved

The next one left for the biggest of cities (where’d he go?) Where smoke hangs in the air He hasn’t, as yet, quite cut all the strings, though We still send water down there

Maybe if we tried We could find out why He left the hills for the valley of fire Where the worm never dies

I went down to the river and kneeled and prayed And I washed seven times in the mud Then I crossed the river but I looked back As the flames took the city I loved

I went down to the river and kneeled and prayed And I washed seven times in the mud I looked back at the city I loved, in flames And was descended on by a dove

I’m home again