I recall the day of my creation Breathed into being for my Father's plan I have been so many people But I have never been a man Will you teach me, as you have from the beginning How to be friends, how to be family For when you put down roots in somebody You will grow into a sheltering tree And by that tree you honour all Creation Though in the storm-tossed dark you may not see The nest you hold within your arms Within which dreams the bird Whose wings will some day set you free. My Father's gone away but all His lessons are written in my sinews and my heart I've risen and I've fallen I've heard the darkness calling And in the chaos I have played my part
Will you teach me, as you have from the beginning How to be friends, how to be family For when you put down roots in somebody You will grow into a sheltering tree And by that tree you honour all Creation Though in the storm-tossed dark you may not see The nest you hold within your arms Within which dreams the bird Whose wings will some day set you free.
