Chant of the Plains (I Need You)
(Bob Nolan)
All through the prairie I wander.
Night falls and I long for you.
Everything here in God’s Garden
Shares my longing, too.
Listen to the prairie weave a song from a wail,
Listen to him blend it with the nightingale,
Wingin’ up above where the dark clouds sail and fly.
I need you.
Listen to the rhythm of the padded feet,
Stealin’ through the desert, hear his wild heart beat,
Searchin’ for his love and my heart repeats his cry,
I need you.
Far in the distance hear that note
It’s born of a call in a savage throat
Who waits a mate’s reply.
Listen to the moanin’ of the wind on its way,
Everything he touches, see it bend and sway,
Seem to pledge a love and send him on his way, that’s why
I need you.
Each livin’ thing bows in sadness
Flowers of crimson and blue
They need the sunshine for smilin’, darlin',
I need you.
Listen to the prairie weave a song from a wail,
Listen to him blend it with the nightingale,
Wingin’ up above where the dark clouds sail and fly.
I need you.
Listen to the rhythm of the padded feet,
Stealin’ through the desert, hear his wild heart beat,
Searchin’ for his love and my heart repeats his cry,
I need you.
Far in the distance hear that note
It’s born of a call in a savage throat
Who waits a mate’s reply.
Listen to the moanin’ of the wind on its way,
Everything he touches, see it bend and sway,
Seem to pledge a love and send him on his way, that’s why
I need you.
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