[Verse 1-slow, nostalgic]
I grew up around Ravens and Crows
Where pines mixed With birch and burr oak
Where tea colored water met a light tan sand
Watch it ripple and flow over my hands
A one mile stretch of the six mile creek
Was my whole world, it’s where I found my feet
Naps in the grass on the waters edge
While the leaves and branches danced overhead
[Pre-Chorus-build up]
Grandma say, “Take the rifle and the dog,
Be back before dark “
[Chorus-cheerful, nostalgic]
I was alone, but never lonely
Had the dog and my thoughts for comp’ny
Every shadow had a story to tell
In my own piece of heaven, out from under my shell
Didn’t need a crowd to feel like I belong
Had the quiet, had my own song
Yeah, I was alone, but never lonely
(Alone but never lonely)
[Verse 2-slower, nostalgic]
I knew every stone, like we were old friends
In that quiet place, full of trees and untamed
The years go by like a sleepy summer day
Sometimes, in dreams, I go back… but can’t stay
I’m all grown up, with kids of my own
They’re both like me and prefer to be alone
I understand how they feel, without saying a word
Where the wild things hide, is their own little worlds
[Pre-Chorus-build up]
Grandma say, “Take the rifle and the dog,
Be back before dark”
[Chorus-quiet, nostalgic ]
I was alone, but never lonely
Had the dog and my thoughts for comp’ny
Every shadow had a story to tell
In my own little heaven, under my own wild spell
Didn’t need a crowd to feel like I belonged
Had the quiet, had my own song
Yeah, I was alone, but never lonely
(Never lonely)
[Bridge-build up]
Down by the bridge at Grandma’s place
Time slowed down, I could feel my pace
I felt at home on the full moon nights
Out in the fields with no fear or fright
Talking to nothing, it would answer in the wind
In the hush between leaves
I’d found the peace from within
No echoes of insults calling my name
Just a world that was mine, full of trees
And untamed
I found it hard to get words out sometimes
But there in the forest being silent was fine
[Final Chorus-full power]
I was alone, but never lonely
Had the dog and the silence to know me
Every moment was a hand to hold
Every breeze felt like home to my soul
Didn’t need a crowd to feel like I belonged
Had the quiet, had my own song
Yeah, I was alone…
But never lonely
(Never lonely)
[Outro-spoken]
And even now when the noise gets loud
I go back there, and watch the clouds
Where a child still runs, wild and free
Where the wild things hide
Right where I was meant to be
(Meant to be)
ATMurrayDFC
