I Only Want the Sky

Lyrics

Oh, the sheets upon your bed The color of each thread The roof that keeps you warm in a storm I have tended these affairs You all were in my prayers When I blew out the light last night And though you all were in my heart I know that we must part For all God's things, alas, must pass And so, a final fond farewell Only the tides can tell Which pasture will be ours in the stars I, I do not want the earth I only want the sky I know I'll miss so awful much The feeling of your touch The warm and ease of milk and silk These were never justly loved I kept my sparrow gloved Its wings so sadly caged while the pages turned O'er coffee stained books I often had mistook The best years of our tale, now I'll sail As roads o'er which our feet have pressed Oh what a tortured test And since the rivers bade, you'll fade I do not want the earth I only want the sky