Papio from Braided Together by Amanda DeBoer Bartlett

Papio


Streetlights come on at 9pm
We can sit on the driveway
Feel the summer come in
We grew in those seasons
Like corn in the night
Let our hearts wander
Like the monarch butterflies

Ride the keystone, following the creek
Fields on either side as far as I can see
The river was singin me a sweet melody
I sang right back just to see

Can you tell me where your waters lead?
Can you carry me?
Send me down stream on my dreams
Set me free
Where do your waters lead?

Felt like a hundred years had gone by
When those tires shred rubber on centennial drive
I still feel infinity on dusty nights
When the indigo sky says ‘Yes!’”

Can you tell me where your waters lead?
Can you carry me?
Send me down stream on my dreams
Set me free
Where do your waters lead?

Papio Papio
Papio Papio
Papio Papio
Papio Papio

And so I lie now, back to earth
And stomach to the moon
And don’t tell the difference ‘tween fireflies and god's eyes

And on and on and on
And on and on and on
And on and on
and on and on
And on

• Folk
• singer-songwriter
• Chicago