Whispers Behind the Canyon

(hummmm) (ooh) Behind the canyon's bend,

I kept my name

Folded in a jacket with the rain

Your letter rode the river stones

I read it once,

then walked alone

I heard the old road call my bluff

Said the heart can leave,

but not enough

Every mile I tried to spend Brought me back around again

Behind the canyon's bend

I buried what I could not mend

But the dawn came over red stone walls And found me standing

after all

Behind the canyon's bend

I learned to turn toward home again

A raven crossed the noon-white sky

Like a question I could not deny

I left my pride in a cedar box

With dust inside the broken lock

Behind the canyon's bend

I buried what I could not mend

But the dawn came over red stone walls

And found me standing after all

Behind the canyon's bend

I learned to turn toward home again If forgiveness is a gate

Let it open crooked,

late

I have carried less than stone

I have carried being known

Behind

the canyon's bend

I learned to turn toward home again (ooh)

Toward home again