Thistle and Vine

From the thistle and vine From the thicket of thorn Into the light of the morning Out from the briar patch, gone In a flicker of light Into the glimmer of dawn Slipping out at the daybreak With the rise of the sun In the ticking of time From the clock on the wall Ring the bells of a new day Sing the words of this song As the cripple creek winds Along the bend in the road Through the cut of the canyon Through the layers of stone In the literal mind Of the words as they're known Comes the turn of a new phrase Twisted off an old one Down from the rain in the sky Onto the earth where it falls Through the Rock of the Ages Through the Roll of the Souls In the blink of an eye In the wink of one more Slipping back in the nightfall By the light of the stars Bring the whistle and rhyme Into the twisted knot hole Another day in a lifetime Back to the briar patch, gone