The flash of a fire fly in the night The breath of a buffalo in the wintertime The little shadow that runs across the gra** And loses itself in the sunset When you were born, you cried, and the world rejoiced your life Every animal knows more than you do The old rabbit jumps, when the fox walks lame A thousand voices tell a single story Listen, or your tongue will make you deaf When you die, you can be heard by the lights in the sky, to the end of the earth The moon is not shamed by the barking of dogs The old coward shoots with his eyes closed shut Every bird loves to hear themselves sing Known for ever by the tracks we leave When you fight try to forgive, all the broken hands that try to give Sing a little song flying through the trees Ghosts in the forest swimming in the sea Fuel your fire fuel your mind Bury yourself in the wintertime When you were born, you cried, and the world rejoiced your life