Sadie - Joanna Newsom

Sadie, white coat 
You carry me home 
And bury this bone 
And take this pine cone 

Bury this bone 
To gnaw on it later, gnawing on the telephone 
And 'til then we pray and suspend 
The notion that these lives do never end 

And all day long we talk about mercy 
Lead me to water, lord, i sure am thirsty 
Down in the ditch where i nearly served you 
Up in the clouds where he almost heard you 

And all that we built 
And all that we breathed 
And all that we spilt 
Or pulled up like weeds 
Is piled up in back 
And it burns irrevocably 
And we spoke up in turns 
'Til the silence crept over me 

And bless you 
And i deeply do 
No longer resolute 
Oh when i call to you 

But the water 
Got so cold 
And you do lose 
What you don't hold 

This is an old song 
These are old blues 
And this is not my tune 
But it's mine to use 

And the seabirds 
Where the fear once grew 
Will flock with a fury 
And they will bury 
What'd come for you 

And down where i darn with the milk-eyed mender 
You and i and a love so tender 
Stretched on a hoop where i stitch this adage 
Bless our house and its heart so savage 

And all that i want 
And all that i need 
And all that i've got 
Is scattered like seed 
And all that i knew 
Is moving away from me 
And all that i know 
Is blowing like tumbleweed 

And the mealy worms 
In the brine will burn 
In a salty pyre 
Among the fauns and ferns 

And the love we hold 
And the love we spurn 
Will never grow cold 
Only taciturn 

And i'll tell you tomorrow 
Oh sadie, go on home, now 
And bless those who've sickened below 
And bless us who have chosen so 

And all that i've got 
And all that i need 
I tie in a knot 
And i lay at your feet 
And i have not forgot 
But a silence crept over me 

So dig up your bone 
Exhume your pinecone, sadie