adam black : guitar, vocals
jeremiah moon : cello, vocals, whistles
angeline armstrong : vocals
caleb buse : moog
lyrics
a stretch & a yawn
sign to a season dawning;
up! out of winter’s awning,
crawling on all fours.
having emptied autumn’s stores,
will he face the day?
dusting his sleeves,
the crack of his back relieving;
chest slow & deeply heaving,
breathing through his nose &,
with a wiggle of his toes,
is on his way.
old bear, where’ve you been hiding?
old bear, o, where are you off to now?
forests & fields;
rivers & roads; freewheeling
to the unknown! unyielding but
shielding still his heart
in the hinterlands apart
from the hindrance of ties.
feral he roams. once
quiet & quaint & homely,
now but a rogue he’s only
lonely in the end.
needful of a friend
but he’s too darn shy...
old bear, where’ve you been hiding?
old bear, o, where are you off to now?
credits
from carefully out of Nowhere,
released November 5, 2018
lyrics by: adam black
music by: adam black & jeremiah moon
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