Tim O'Brien & Darrell Scott - Time To Talk To Joseph lyrics

I lay awake til morning, mind racing through the gloom I practice shadow puppets on my side of the room You softly snore beside me as I make the figures dance Until finally I'm laughing at the random path of chance It's time to talk to Joseph Gonna pack my little sack There isn't much I really need To wander off the track I'll be sleeping under ledges Eating what I find I'll read the reaching branches Strum your heartstrings in my mind I think I'll head on up the north bank, turn left up Campbell's Creek There's an old grey man that lives up there and his counsel now I seek Those twisting nooks and crannies, those hollers dark and deep Are calling to me in my dreams, whenever I can sleep It's time to talk to Joseph Gonna pack my little sack There isn't much I really need To wander off the track I'll be sleeping under ledges Eating what I find I'll read the reaching branches Strum your heartstrings in my mind There's too many threads to follow and it seems the only way Is to dive into the darkness that leads me into day Don't worry 'bout me darling, I'm comin back again My spirit will be stronger from a power deep within It's time to talk to Joseph Gonna pack my little sack There isn't much I really need To wander off the track I'll be sleeping under ledges Eating what I find I'll read the reaching branches Strum your heartstrings in my mind