Iron And Wine Lovesong Of A Buzzard Lyrics

Lovesong Of A Buzzard Lyrics

In the failing light of the afternoon 

Lucy in the shade of the dogwood
blooms 

Yesterday the solace of a poison fish 

Tomorrow I'll be
kissing on her blood red lips 



No one is the saviour they would
like to be 

The love song of the buzzard in the dogwood tree 

With
a train of horses laughing through the traffic line 

And the cradle's
unimaginative sense of time 



Springtime and the promise of an open
fist 

A tattoo of a flower on a broken wrist 

Lucy tells me jokingly
to wipe her brow 

With a pocket map to heaven and the sun goes down