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 in the canyon
From the wake of what’s gone

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
Into the depths of the soul

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