Elder-James Reid

[00:25.983] Elder, elder [00:36.787] Watched a bird tend its nest [00:42.388] Its coming and going put my mind at rest [00:47.975] And it told me to go outside [00:53.156] That this was the time this time was right [00:58.643] Cherry blossom, rowan flower too [01:04.111] Hawthorn buds and deadnettle in bloom [01:08.511] And so green green [01:12.079] Dark green were the leaves of Elder too [01:20.243] And roots, roots [01:22.710] Let me lie above your roots [01:25.199] Green shoots, shoots [01:28.000] Let me eat your spring shoots [01:30.508] That cleanse the cold from my blood [01:33.303] Like the leaves through the air above me [01:41.699] Elder, elder [02:00.604] Last night I had a dream I burnt your branches down [02:06.251] I cut your fingers and I burnt your crown [02:11.072] And someone made a whistle and someone made a pipe [02:16.217] And someone hollowed you through to blow our fire alive [02:21.032] And so green, green [02:24.253] Dark green were the leaves of elder you [02:32.769] And roots, roots [02:35.191] Let me play beneath your roots [02:37.319] Green shoots, shoots [02:40.407] Let me eat your spring shoots [02:42.763] That cleans the cold in my veins [02:45.704] And like the sun it lengthens my days [02:53.715] Elder, elder [03:04.840] Elder, elder [03:15.503] Elder, elder