Bone Of Song-Josh Ritter

[ti:Bone Of Song] [ar:Josh Ritter] [al:Hello Starling] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Bone Of Song - Josh Ritter [00:17.41]Just where it now lies [00:19.66]I can no longer say [00:21.28] [00:25.28]I found it on a cold and November day [00:29.22] [00:32.84]In the roots of a sycamore tree [00:35.81]Where it had hid so long [00:37.81] [00:40.75]In a box made out of myrtle [00:44.02]Lay the bone of song [00:45.45] [00:49.20]The bone of song was [00:51.08]A jawbone old and bruised [00:53.33] [00:56.89]And worn out in the service of the muse [01:00.95] [01:04.58]And along its sides [01:06.15]And teeth were written words [01:10.20] [01:13.14]I ran my palm along them [01:16.02]And I heard [01:17.46] [01:21.14]Lucky are you who finds me [01:23.95]In the wilderness [01:25.14] [01:28.89]I am the only unquiet ghost [01:31.70]That does not seek rest [01:33.15] [01:41.33]The words on the bone of song [01:43.27]Were close and small [01:45.20] [01:45.96]And though their tongues [01:50.71]Were dead I found I knew them all [01:53.33] [01:55.96]In the hieroglyphs of quills [01:59.77]And quatrain lines [02:01.97] [02:05.29]Osiris the fall of Troy Auld Lang Syne [02:09.85] [02:13.47]Kathleen Mauvoreen Magnifical [02:15.85]Your Cheatin' Heart [02:17.85] [02:19.10]The chords of a covenan [02:23.35]King singing for the Ark [02:26.04] [02:58.49]Then I saw on a white space that was left [03:02.34] [03:06.03]A blessing written older than the rest [03:10.21] [03:13.59]It said leave me here [03:15.73]I care not for wealth or fame [03:19.11] [03:21.86]I'll remember your song [03:23.54] [03:24.11]But I'll forget your name [03:26.23] [03:30.43]The words that I sang blew [03:33.31]Off like the leaves in the wind [03:35.01] [03:37.95]And perched like birds in the branches [03:39.96]Before landing on the bone again [03:46.67] [03:59.18]Then the bone was quiet [04:01.49]It said no more to me [04:03.27] [04:06.65]So I wrapped it in the ribbons [04:09.64]Of a sycamore tree [04:11.33] [04:14.64]And as night had come [04:16.40]I turned around and headed home [04:19.77] [04:22.83]With a lightness in my step [04:25.33] [04:25.83]And a song in my bones [04:27.52] [04:31.21]Lucky are you who finds me [04:34.20]In the wilderness [04:35.55] [04:39.24]I am the only unquiet ghost [04:42.11]That does not seek rest