Littlewing

The first time lightning hit me
 Was the night I met your daddy
 It flew down the dance tent pol
 Threw me to the red dirt floor
 And as I reached to him
 For the very first time
 Tiny fire flew from his hand to mine
 Fixed me to the spot
 Feu de grace
 I want to tell you everything
 I want to spare you everything
 Littlewing
 The second time it hit me
 I was holding you
 In the dead of night
 In the dead of night it lit your eyes
 It lit your eyes and stopped your cries
 It stopped your cries and
 Flowed through the bed
 It flowed through the bed and
 Fixed you to my breast
 Fixed you to the spot
 Feu de grace
 So I gave you a name that sounds
 Like far away
 In hopes that you'll run
 From this place someday
 As soon as your feet
 Can carry your weight
 Run from your people
 Littlewing fly
 We pull the fire from the sky
 I want to tell you everything
 I want to spare you everything
 Littlewing
 I'd give up everyone
 I'd give up every one of my days
 To spare you one moment's pain