BAREFOOT KID

The sun came up like nothing

Happened while he wasn’t looking

But I saw Eden tumble down

Even the Superman trembles now

I never did see this coming

I’m still not really sure what happened

The water’s rising, the river can’t hold her

Seeping through the crack in the mirror

Been wearing thin

Dove deep where nobody goes

Down here in the hollow

The only ghosts are my own

It wasn’t time for the harvest

But you were plucked up by the roots nonetheless

Left the garden dark as night

I’ll imagine a goodbye

Struck down by epiphany

Hit by a runaway train hauling everything

Let down by the hand that was meant to be good

I never noticed mine are dirty too

Those tattered tents don’t stand a chance

Against the winter wind’s indifference

Up on the hill they hear it loud

The concrete roof make a rattlin’ sound

Ran all the way to the hidden creek

Hoping to hear the birds’ serenade

Nothing but smoke and cranes in the air

And on the ground there’s a paper trail

Struck down by epiphany

Hit by a runaway train hauling everything

Let down by the hand that was meant to be good

I never noticed mine are dirty too

Remember when the sands fell slowly

And the dirt on your hands didn’t mean a thing

That barefoot kid is calling you

Leave him lost in the Arkansas wood

On a late September night

‘neath the wing of a raven sky

Like a heart come back to life

Behold the light

She came from a distant land where

Spring rose, summer never fell

While the barefoot kid’s been calling you

She ran into the wood and saved him too

Struck down by epiphany

Hit by a runaway train hauling everything

Held up by the hand that was sure to be good

I never could’ve imagined you