Village Honey

You dipped your hand in the honey girl linden-sweet and gold But you said you wouldn't taste it just wanted to behold What good is all that sweetness if it never meets your tongue You'll stay hungry empty handed with the honey on your thumb You came to me with soaked through clothes rain still in your hair Telling me about the aches and longings that you wear If my ripe cherries aren't your flavor then let them be Let your free bird spread its wings and vanish through the tree A tiny needle sews the finest priciest clothes It mends the torn seams patches up the deepest woes No stick in hand I walk through towns where dogs don't roam 'Cause from four stray words you spin a universe from four cracked shards a home Good luck to you on roads untrodden where the wind howls loud Where nobody will herd you brother standing tall and proud I move light no stiff club strapped across my back 'Cause I found it cousin that village I'd never lack Don't go licking your fingers now that honey's bound to sting Don't be the mutt chained at the gate go catch your woman bring her in You're just a tiny needle in this wide and whirling space But you've stitched behind you year by year a lifetime of grace A tiny needle sews the finest priciest clothes It mends the torn seams patches up the deepest woes No stick in hand I walk through towns where dogs don't roam 'Cause from four stray words you spin a universe from four cracked shards a home