Flesh & Blood

Beside a singing mountain stream
 Where the willow grew
 Where the silver leaf of maple
 Sparkled in the morning dew
 I braided twigs of willow
 Made a string of buckeye beads
 But flesh and blood needs flesh and blood
 And you're the one I need
 Flesh and blood needs flesh and blood
 And you're the one I need
 I leaned against the bark of birch
 And I breathed the honey dew
 I saw a north-bound flock of geese
 Against a sky of baby blue
 Beside the many paths
 I carved a whistle from a reed
 Mother Nature's quite a lady
 But you're the one I need
 Flesh and blood needs flesh and blood
 And you're the one I need
 A cardinal sang just for me
 And I thanked him for the song
 Then the sun went slowly down in the west
 And I had to move along
 These were some of the things
 On which my mind and spirit feed
 Mother Nature's quite a lady
 But you're the one I need
 Flesh and blood needs flesh and blood
 And you're the one I need
 So when the day was ended
 I was still not satisfied
 For I knew everything I touched
 Would wither and would die
 And love is all that will remain
 And grow from all these seeds
 Mother Nature's quite a lady
 But you're the one I need
 Flesh and blood needs flesh and blood
 And you're the one I need