By Ourselves Lyrics

I wake you up before dawn

Good-natured grumbling

But there's only light to come

Drag us to Big Morongo or Lytle Creek

To look for Bighorn Sheep fucking on the cliffside

You are the only one

To read my wild tome

By ourselves we'll call this home

Like these trees we'll never be alone

I know you don't like the cold

But I'm glad you come anyway

As this golden light shines clear

In this riparian context by the marsh

There's mostly warmth to come

Walking by the water

You are the only one

To read my wild tome

By ourselves we'll call this home

Linked like trees we'll never be alone

These words ride forest light into the earth

We convert them into energy and rebirth

We are hand-in-hand as Owls scan the ground

These words are carried on the wind with their sounds

There's no one else around

This perfect scenery

We're now like Coyotes

Who spend their entire lives

Together in the wildlands

In the tall grass by themselves

Bounding up the hillside

You are the only one

To read my wild tome

By ourselves we'll call this home

Like these trees we'll never be alone

You are the only one

To read my wild tome

By ourselves we'll call this home

Linked like trees we'll never be alone

These words ride forest light into the earth

We convert them into energy and rebirth

We are hand-in-hand as Owls scan the ground

These words are carried on the wind with their sounds