When I Go

Lyrics:

• Come, lonely hunter, chieftain and king
• I will fly like the falcon when I go
• Bear me my brother under your wing
• I will strike fell like lightning when I go


• I will bellow like the thunder drum, invoke the storm of war
• A twisting pillar spun of dust and blood up from the prairie floor
• I will sweep the foe before me like a gale out on the snow
• And the wind will long recount the story, reverence and glory, when I go


• Spring, spirit dancer, nimble and thin
• I will leap like coyote when I go
• Tireless entrancer, lend me your skin
• I will run like the gray wolf when I go


• I will climb the rise at daybreak, I will kiss the sky at noon
• Raise my yearning voice at midnight to my mother in the moon
• I will make the lay of long defeat and draw the chorus slow
• I'll send this message down the wire and hope that someone wise is listening when I go


• And when the sun comes, trumpets from his red house in the east
• He will find a standing stone where long I chanted my release
• He will send his morning messenger to strike the hammer blow
• And I will crumble down uncountable in showers of crimson rubies when I go


• Sigh, mournful sister, whisper and turn
• I will rattle like dry leaves when I go
• Stand in the mist where my fire used to burn
• I will camp on the night breeze when I go


• And should you glimpse my wandering form out on the borderline
• Between death and resurrection and the council of the pines
• Do not worry for my comfort, do not sorrow for me so
• All your diamond tears will rise up and adorn the sky beside me when I go