In The Lion's Mouth

Take hold my youngest son
There’s no hope to cross
The river at it’s mouth
Wide and strong

Sleep my sweetest girl
My first love in the fall
Home has not a name
No voice to call

In the lion’s mouth
Where the sun don’t shine
Take a long, deep breath
And say your goodbyes

Brother, lift your head
Close your bloodshot eyes
In the morning light we go
To the war that’s televised

I’ll make home by the sea
Burn letters i never sent
The burden of our flesh
Promises unkept

In the lion’s mouth
Where the sun don’t shine
Take a long, deep breath
And say your goodbyes

In the spider’s web
Where no seed is sown
She will cut your hair
And no one will know