A Window Opens

The window opens

I hear the toddling waves

I think about the soldiers

I think about the interstates

I would like to leave it all

Just for a week or two

Maybe I'd see it in clarity

Whatever I would see

It's all so confusing

I don't know where I stand

I could be anything

But not yours on demand

I would like to leave it all

If I only could

Maybe I'd see it in clarity

If I'd see anything at all

But the birds they are singing

That sweet and lonesome song

Oh, mother, oh, brother

Take me home today

You may call me irresponsible

Or even carefree

But it's not the way I

Intended to be

I would like to stay here

And not say a word

Maybe I'd see it in clarity

Or I'll see nothing at all

But the wolfs they are howling

That sweet but haunted song

Oh, father, oh, sister

Take me home today