"Before the Light" (solo baritone, slow build) [Verse 1] Four o'clock and the house is still, Coffee black, no need to fill The silence with a single word, Just my boots and the birds not yet heard. Down the road while the stars hang low, Where the frost still holds the ground below, I know this walk like the back of my hand, Every root, every rock, every bend. [Chorus] I get up before the sun, Just to watch the day get won, Over the water, over the trees, The Restigoosh waking easy. Nobody's here to see me stand, Coffee going cold in my hand — This is mine before it's anyone's, Before the light, before the sun. [Verse 2] There's a bend where the current slows, Where the mist sits low and the current knows My name before I say a thing, Old river's heard me since I was a kid. I don't do this to be seen, Don't need a witness to what it means — Just me and the dark turning to grey, One more morning I get to stay. [Chorus] I get up before the sun, Just to watch the day get won, Over the water, over the trees, The Restigoosh waking easy. Nobody's here to see me stand, Coffee going cold in my hand — This is mine before it's anyone's, Before the light, before the sun. [Bridge] (spoken/half-sung, quiet) Some men chase the sunset down, I'd rather meet it coming round — There's something honest in the first light, Something no one gets to buy or fight for. [Final Chorus] I get up before the sun, Just to watch the day get won, Over the water, over the trees, The Restigoosh waking easy. Nobody's here to see me stand, Coffee going cold in my hand — This was mine before it's anyone's, Before the light... before the sun. [Property Of TENBREATHSUN ©]
