Yo‐Yo Ma
We Were Animals

[Verse]
When you wake up in the mornin' and you're feelin' low
And you know a cup of coffee won't get you goin'
Just rise and pretend you're thirty-two

We didn't know it then but we had it all
Our money hidden in a dresser drawer
Couple lovers in the basement shooting pool

I wanna go to where the getting's good
Plant some green and maybe chop wood
Have a baby and a plot of land

And in twenty-thirty-seven when she's twenty-one
And the birds are still sitting in the ochre sun
Tattoo forgiveness on hеr hand

[Bridge]
It feels like a song from the earth
To pull out a sword from a stonе
Raising it high
Let it go

[Verse]
I thought I was gonna be the one that got away
But you held tight so I stayed
I could be the flower, you the honeybee
I'll prop you up when you need it
I'll figure out how to feed it
The hungering for what I used to be

[Bridge]
It feels like a song from the earth
To pull out a sword from the stone
Raising it high
Let it go

[Chorus]
A kingdom made of trees
Douglas firs and Evergreens
Is it home, or a dream?

[Verse]
If I leave then you'll wanna know the reason why
Look yourself in the weary eyes
You can't be in wonderland anymore

[Bridge]
We stand in the eye of a storm
To pull out a sword from a stone
We're singing a song from the earth
Sing it loud, let it go
[Chorus]
A kingdom made of trees
Douglas firs, and Evergreens
Where the lines we've drawn between what's
Home and a dream are fading

We were animals when we grew this
We're just animals going through this