[00:00:00] The White Tent The Raft (LP版) - Jane Siberry [00:00:00] There's a red leaf [00:00:01] That falls from a purple tree [00:00:03] It falls it floats down [00:00:09] One red leaf against a clear blue sky [00:00:12] It floats down [00:00:16] Past the marbles in the clearing [00:00:18] Beneath the geese in flight [00:00:21] To the darkening river [00:00:23] In the autumn light [00:00:25] Where it touches down [00:00:30] Oh like a great bird landing [00:00:36] Tears of autumn [00:00:41] There's a white tent that sits [00:00:43] In the middle of a raft [00:00:45] That floats down [00:00:50] Floats down the middle of a river [00:00:53] Of a stream floating down [00:00:58] And the tears streaming [00:01:00] From the mind's eye [00:01:02] Streaming back beyond [00:01:03] The white sheets that flap and fly [00:01:07] Oh tears of wanting [00:01:23] The white tent the raft [00:01:27] The white tent the raft [00:01:31] The white tent the raft [00:01:35] Fists and chests [00:01:42] Oh Mango in the clearing [00:01:46] It's his leg or something [00:01:50] Waiting [00:01:52] Everything would be alright [00:01:58] Watching the trees [00:02:01] Then his toes [00:02:04] Then the trees [00:02:09] Deeper into the jungle [00:02:10] And leaves him there [00:02:13] We turn off the tv [00:02:16] Never forget that night [00:02:23] Never heard you [00:02:26] Couldn't sleep [00:02:27] Hotel window [00:02:29] Get up to those dark peaks [00:02:31] Everything would be [00:02:34] The white tent the raft [00:02:38] The white tent the raft [00:02:42] The white tent the raft [00:02:46] Fists and chests [00:02:52] And when it's not our great overcoat [00:02:55] It's a grey and yellow dress [00:02:58] So beautiful the bees [00:03:00] They followed you through the mall [00:03:02] To the clearing in the wilderness [00:03:07] And you lay down and I picked you up [00:03:10] And I said you must never leave [00:03:15] Your beautiful hands [00:03:18] Like knitting needles [00:03:18] And I said it's Jane it's me [00:03:23] She said [00:03:23] When you go that's when you go [00:03:27] Lighten up and pass the cup [00:03:32] Fifty bucks and that's all you got [00:03:36] Yeah I love you [00:03:40] There's a white tent that sits [00:03:42] In the middle of a raft that floats down [00:03:48] Floats down the middle of a river [00:03:51] Of a stream floating down [00:03:56] And the tears streaming [00:03:58] From the mind's eye [00:04:00] Streaming back beyond the white sheets [00:04:02] That flap and fly [00:04:05] Oh tears of hardness [00:04:21] The white tent the raft [00:04:25] The white tent the raft [00:04:29] The white tent the raft [00:04:34] Fists and chests [00:04:39] Found the snake in the clearing [00:04:41] And it tried to kill him of course [00:04:44] But then only after it tried to get away [00:04:50] He said [00:04:51] Youse the meanest ugliest low down [00:04:55] And he cursed and swore [00:04:57] Gonna shoot the damn thing [00:04:59] I watched from the raft [00:05:01] And I withdrew my scent [00:05:04] It's not hard to kill a snake [00:05:06] It's not hard [00:05:08] It's not hard to kill a snake [00:05:10] It's not that hard [00:05:13] The white tent the raft [00:05:17] The white tent the raft [00:05:21] The white tent the raft [00:05:25] Fists and chests [00:05:30] What do you mean I love you [00:05:31] Stop saying I love you [00:05:33] I don't know what you mean anyway [00:05:38] I don't know what love is and [00:05:40] You don't know what love is and [00:05:42] It doesn't change anything anyway [00:05:45] Ah who cares [00:05:48] Who gives a [00:05:50] Because all I see [00:05:54] Is more hate [00:05:56] More fear [00:05:59] Less light than before me [00:06:03] The white tent the raft [00:06:06] The white tent the raft [00:06:11] The white tent the raft [00:06:15] Fists and chests [00:07:09] There's a thousand white tents [00:07:10] On a thousand rafts all floating down [00:07:17] There's a thousand fists [00:07:18] And a thousand chests [00:07:20] They come thundering down [00:07:25] And the tears streaming [00:07:27] From a thousand eyes