Brown Bird - Run the wire lyrics

Run the wire from bow to stern Give the windla** a couple turns Check the running light tonight, good light above And tomorrow we shall see If she is worthy of the sea And then see if she is worthy of thy love Lay you down on featherbed A feather pillow rest your head I'm coming home from work, I'm by the water I will meet you between the sheets With tangled limbs and naked feet To see if we are worthy of a son or daughter Will I be a steadfast father In spite of my inconstant ways I am jouncing I am rowing I don't know how to stay Do we move and remove to undo some mistake Or is moving's motive running from a life we're scared to make And if there's somewhere that we're running to Will it ever be the place Where the stream sings From the light of morning sun The pain it quickly comes, it carries over Positive and negative Reverse it back from steeder to the grover The trouble is that trouble lends itself To troubled times till troubled times are gone