SUN UP, AND I'M ON MY WAY

Part 1      Anthem For The Earth    (Jerry's Song)

Sun up, and I’m on my way
Planting a harvest
For another age
8’ by 8’ by 8’ today       (note: read 8 by 8 by 8)

Each step I take
I plant my prayer
Sculptured footprints
Written in Pine, then Fir


My gift of work
For this torn up earth
Blistered by fire
To heal its tears


My gift of Youth
For these clear cut forests
Pungent with slash
To grow back and talk


To tell us this story
Of the Intimate River
Where chiseled footprints
Stand thick in glory


I hurl my hoedad
Down the line
Crack that soil open wide
Through sacred ground
I  lead the way

Bare roots flung down
Pulled down, straight down
Come alive, be alive
Every where


Behind rock and stone
On mountain side
I find my self
A place to share
This gift of life
These seedling prayers


Slip a fir tree here
Plant a second pine there
Each tree    A branch
From natures hair


A canopy of love
Teaching this world
Her depths of care


Come alive, be alive
Everywhere

Sun up and I’m on my way
Sundown and I’ve planted a forest today

My father was out on the line each dawn
Beating the heat and bringing his song
"I am a Mountain, I am a River
I am a child of     God So Strong
I am this land where I belong"

Every step I take
I weave a prayer

For this broken ground
Way up here

"Planting my trees by the specs each day
Through Canyon and Mountain I test my blade
Covering each bank so God and man
Can grow together, hand in hand

Sun up, and I’m on my way
Sun down and I’ve planted a forest today
Sun down and I’ve reclaimed some mud and clay
Sun down and I’ve shared this way to pray

To kneel here on this forest floor
And plunge my roots
Into natures care


Come alive
Be alive
Everywhere

sh~shh~shhh~sh~shhsh

Natures sleeping.

I'm out of here

 

Gary Lange ©   October, 18   1998