Rag and Bone
(song lyric for Obvious Dog, recording by annaRANaway)
we wander our pathways alone
made out of rag and bone
disheveled and bruised
every crossroads we choose
wandering mazes toward home
wandering mazes toward home
rag and bone
men are but rag and bone
searching the roadways for home
this way and that way for home
each river meanders alone
swallowing stone after stone
the stick men awashed
their souls have been lost
hoping for ways to atone
hoping for ways to atone
who knows where the winds will blow
scattering seeds we sow
the sand’s always shifting
the stick men are drifting
off course on their voyages home
off course on their voyages home
rag and bone
men are but rag and bone
searching the roadways for home
this way and that way for home
—Bruce Dethlefsen, Westfield, WI
