The Pedlar

The Pedlar arrived on a cold day

With no one to call on and no one to stay

Considered the dream that may become

To stand on the bridge until his body felt numb

Cause everywhere people swarm it's hard to frame you

'Till the stranger approached him and his dream came true

The Pedlar decided it was deja vu

The Stranger was shocked and said 'I feel like I know you'

And everywhere

Roses grow, the harvest bleeds in

Spend their town out on a pillow of green

You wonder if the vultures approve

You look at them, looking at you

On rainy days when the sky looks blue

You're at the window changing the view

But your luck is gonna turn, the turn is gonna come

And soon you'll be a saint to someone

The Pedlar departed on the third night

He thought of the Stranger as he walked in the moonlight

He savored the touch of the unknown

Thinking too much on the way back home

And everywhere shadows moved across the landscape

His heart was holding what the Stranger had told him

He leathered your hates just from your big tree

Go gather the stream and begin to dig

And everywhere

People go to gossip and greed now

Be careful where you are, the trinkets are free now

If that's the way you live and die

No children here exporting the crime

On rainy days it's warm inside

In the cottage where your spirit resides

You used to light your candle and pray

Now look at you, you're making you're way