Living Proof

The night fell with bicycle bells, the dark had wooden teeth Oh we broke on up to hill country, the air was thin and sweet Lord, the air was thin and sweet She held onto my coat that night, like a kid lost in her sleeves Oh we warmed the ground, we hushed our sound We slept on walking feet Lord, we slept on walking feet Oh Darlin, pardon me Can you help me remember When we were all flying free We were dust from our bodies And we were flicker and flame, yeah we burned till the morning Darlin, pardon me Off in the night, you can hear 'em bright, The Sirens of the Sea Oh and city birds and alley girls, they all just sing for free Oh they all just sing for free Oh Darlin, pardon me But do I look familiar When we were just larkspur and leaves We were strung through the tether And we were all silver and stone We were the lust of the miners Darlin, pardon me That sky glowed all calico like phosphor in the sea To the ground we fall, she owns us all Kings and boys and beast Kings and boys and beast Oh Darlin, pardon me But do I look familiar When we were just flying free And we burned from a freight train And we were some flicker of truth in the smile of a salesman And we were all buried jewels 'neath the grass in the suburbs And we were all living proof Oh Darlin, pardon me --- Living Proof - Gregory Alan Isakov