Elder Lyrics - James Reid

1 Elder, elder

2 Watched a bird tend its nest

3 Its coming and going put my mind at rest

4 And it told me to go outside

5 That this was the time this time was right

6 Cherry blossom, rowan flower too

7 Hawthorn buds and deadnettle in bloom

8 And so green green

9 Dark green were the leaves of Elder too

10 And roots, roots

11 Let me lie above your roots

12 Green shoots, shoots

13 Let me eat your spring shoots

14 That cleanse the cold from my blood

15 Like the leaves through the air above me

16 Elder, elder

17 Last night I had a dream I burnt your branches down

18 I cut your fingers and I burnt your crown

19 And someone made a whistle and someone made a pipe

20 And someone hollowed you through to blow our fire alive

21 And so green, green

22 Dark green were the leaves of elder you

23 And roots, roots

24 Let me play beneath your roots

25 Green shoots, shoots

26 Let me eat your spring shoots

27 That cleans the cold in my veins

28 And like the sun it lengthens my days

29 Elder, elder