This is the song for Baby Birch Though I will never know you And at the back of what we've done There is the knowledge of you Well I wish we could take every path Could spend a hundred years adoring you Yes I wish we could take every path Cause you know I hated to close the door on you Do you remember staring up at the stars? So far away in their bullet-proof cars We heard the rushing, slow intake Of the dark, dark water and the engine brakes And I said how about them engine brakes? And if I should die before I wake Will you keep an eye on baby birch? Because I'd hate to see her make the same mistake When it was dark I called and you came When it was dark I saw shapes When I see stars I feel your hand And I see stars and I reel again Well mercy me, I'll be goddamned! It's been a long, long time since I last saw you And I have never known the plan It's been a long, long, time. How are you? Your eyes are green, your hair is gold Your hair is black, your eyes are blue I closed the ranks and I doubled back But you know I hated to close the doggone door on you We take a walk along the dirty lake Hear the goose cussing at me over her eggs You poor little cousin, I don't want your dregs A little baby fussing over my legs There is a blacksmith and there is a shepherd and there is a butcher boy And there is a barber who's cutting and cutting away at my only joy I saw a rabbit as slick as a knife and as pale as a candlestick And I had thought it'd be harder to do but I caught her and skinned her quick, held her there Kicking and mewling upended unspooling unsung and blue Told her wherever you go little runaway bunny I will find you And then she ran As they're liable to do Be at peace baby, and be gone Be at peace baby, and be gone
[00:00.320]This is the song for Baby Birch [00:08.889]Though I will never know you [00:24.973]And at the back of what we've done [00:33.471]There is the knowledge of you [00:49.732]Well I wish we could take every path [00:58.348]Could spend a hundred years adoring you [01:14.952]Yes I wish we could take every path [01:23.300]Cause you know I hated to close the door on you [01:40.322]Do you remember staring up at the stars? [01:49.237]So far away in their bullet-proof cars [02:05.394]We heard the rushing, slow intake [02:14.558]Of the dark, dark water and the engine brakes [02:29.874]And I said how about them engine brakes? [02:39.096]And if I should die before I wake [02:54.326]Will you keep an eye on baby birch? [03:04.433]Because I'd hate to see her make the same mistake [03:17.717]When it was dark I called and you came [03:32.885]When it was dark I saw shapes [03:47.612]When I see stars I feel your hand [04:02.113]And I see stars and I reel again [04:16.558]Well mercy me, I'll be goddamned! [04:25.978]It's been a long, long time since I last saw you [04:41.062]And I have never known the plan [04:48.603]It's been a long, long, time. How are you? [05:05.561]Your eyes are green, your hair is gold [05:12.390]Your hair is black, your eyes are blue [05:28.279]I closed the ranks and I doubled back [05:35.676]But you know I hated to close the doggone door on you [05:50.306]We take a walk along the dirty lake [06:03.170]Hear the goose cussing at me over her eggs [06:16.220]You poor little cousin, I don't want your dregs [06:31.507]A little baby fussing over my legs [06:45.109]There is a blacksmith and there is a shepherd and there is a butcher boy [06:52.202]And there is a barber who's cutting and cutting away at my only joy [06:58.502]I saw a rabbit as slick as a knife and as pale as a candlestick [07:04.595]And I had thought it'd be harder to do but I caught her and skinned her quick, held her there [07:11.742]Kicking and mewling upended unspooling unsung and blue [07:16.882]Told her wherever you go little runaway bunny I will find you [07:22.853]And then she ran [07:27.708]As they're liable to do [07:35.049]Be at peace baby, and be gone [07:47.323]Be at peace baby, and be gone
