Deeper Forest
words and music Stephen Barling

My heart is open
my mind is clear
and I don't need directions
but if you wonder
why I'm still hanging 'round

you see it's a funny thing

I've got a notion
to sail the sea
to seek the holy jungle
but I could bungle in these woods

just as easily

Ain't no deeper forest
ain't no wrong side of the hill
it don't get no better
yet you know we always will
Ain't no big decision
we are right here on the spot
ain't no hell to speak of
but it sure do get real hot

Down in the dungeons
of my devotion
I met a world who woke so sweet
I had to jump up to keep my feet

out in the cold again

But we can warm up
and we can last time
and we can heal ourselves today
and if the wind just blows our way
we'll all be well again

Ain't no deeper forest
ain't no wrong side of the hill
it don't get no better
yet you know we always will
Ain't no big decision
we are right here on the spot
ain't no hell to speak of
but it sure do get real hot

Out in the desert
down by the ocean
where all the only gather
to speak of holy matters

most a-peculiarly

but on a pin-drop
the spell is broken
and the only thing to say
that all is light and therefore day

is only natural

Ain't no deeper forest
ain't no wrong side of the hill
it don't get no better
yet you know we always will
Ain't no big decision
we are right here on the spot
ain't no hell to speak of
but it sure do get real hot

© 1991 GNILSONGS

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