Flesh And Blood

Beside a Singin' Mountain Stream
 Where the Willow grew
 Where the Silver Leaf of Maple
 Sparkled in the Mornin' Dew
 I braided Twigs of Willows
 Made a String of Buckeye Beads;
 But Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood
 And you're the one I need
 Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood
 And you're the one I need.
 I leaned against a 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 Lily Pads
 I carved a Whistle from a Reed;
 Mother Nature's quite a Lady
 But you're the one I need
 Flesh And Blood need 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 the West
 And I had to move along
 These were some of the things
 On which my Mind and Spirit feed;
 But Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood
 And you're the one I need
 Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood
 And you're the one I need.
 So when this Day was ended
 I was still not satisfied
 For I knew ev'rything I touched
 Would wither and would die
 And Love is all that will remain
 And grow from all these Seed;
 Mother Nature's quite a Lady
 But you're the one I need
 Flesh And Blood need Flesh And Blood
 And you're the one I need.