Rhododendron

[Verse 1]

As I look out my window all I can see

Is a bush of rhododendron flowers staring back at me

And a mama robin, she is always working

Bringing worms and bugs to feed her young

While the snakes and house cats are lurking

[Chorus]

All this time I’ve spent inside my head

Well, I’ve been hurting, is the world still turning?

For this weight I bear leaves me so damn scared

I guess we’ve all been hurting like a little bird, I’m learning

[Verse 2]

Could I be a mother or a lover

To something greater than my own instinct to suffer?

And would a sheep run if she knew she was for the slaughter?

Or would she simply let her soft wool warm her daughter?

[Chorus]

All this time I’ve spent inside my head

Well, I’ve been hurting, is the world still turning?

For this weight I bear leaves me so damn scared

I guess we’ve all been hurting like a little bird, I’m learning

[Outro]

Now if a mother were to stop working

Then her babes, they would die

And the lamb did cry

When her mama’s fate became certain