Bow and Arrow

©1986 Andrew Calhoun, recorded on Where Blue Meets Blue

The moon is my mark, my vision's a dark silver lining
My mother's a tree, she cries out to me with her whining
My father's my foe, he gave me this bow and arrow

Houses for rent, came and went with the summer
Students for sale, backwater jail, what a bummer
My father's my foe, he gave me this bow and arrow

The powers that be came here to see our condition
What I do with a girl's no concern to the world's cold inspection
My father's my foe, he gave me this bow and arrow

He built me this bed, he screwed on my head in the morning
He gave up the fight, now I have the right to ignore him
My father's my foe, he gave me this bow and arrow

Father came South, and swallowed a mouthful of sea salt
Easy and free, don't look at me like it's my fault
My father's my foe, he gave me this bow and arrow

Father is gone, now I carry on the religion
Birds overhead sing of the dead with their squealing
My father's my foe, he gave me this bow and arrow