Lyrics

One time I saw Canada
fall through a hole in the sky
I do not know
if I was really sad to see her go
for in her place there was a herd
of early morning cows
they moved in one direction
they knew where, when, how, why not

there is a strange well
I go to and each time
I lean, I look
I learn, I leave
I go back to town
saying things I don't believe

my words they're just pebbles under water
they rise like flocks of birds
they are discontinued
because the well has overheard and said
are your opinions not confirmed
until you tell them to someone
and is this lonely night not real
until it has been framed as one

there is a strange well...

I spoke about the rosewood proud
and I said this river is wise
and I said these mountains are all-seeing
said the well- you must realize
that once again your words have pulled
the universe out of place
to exist it need not have a human face

there is a strange well...
and sometimes when I go there
and my heart is clear
there are no visions
there are no sounds to hear

oh strange well
does your voice rise and fall
when I am away?
and do your watercolours run
like they're doing today?

there is a strange well
I go to and each time
I lean, I look
I learn, I leave
I go back to town
saying things I don't believe