Furr

Yeah, when I was only 17,

I could hear the angels whispering

So I droned into the words and wandered aimlessly about

Until I heard my mother shouting through the fog

It turned out to be the howling of a dog

Or a wolf to be exact, the sound sent shivers down my back

But I was drawn into the pack and before long

They allowed me to join in and sing their song

So from the cliffs and highest hill, yeah

We would gladly get our fill

Howling endlessly and shrilly at the dawn

And I lost the taste for judging right from wrong

For my flesh had turned to fur, yeah

And my thoughts, they surely were

Turned to instinct and obedience to God.

You can wear your fur

like a river on fire

But you better be sure

if you're makin' God a liar

I'm a rattlesnake, Babe,

I'm like fuel on fire

So if you're gonna' get made,

Don't be afraid of what you've learned

On the day that I turned 23,

I was curled up underneath a dogwood tree

When suddenly a girl with skin the color of a pearl

She wandered aimlessly, but she didn't seem to see

She was listenin' for the angels just like me

So I stood and looked about

I brushed the leaves off of my snout

And then I heard my mother shouting through the trees

You should have seen that girl go shaky at the knees

So I took her by the arm

We settled down upon a farm

And raised our children up as gently as you please.

And now my fur has turned to skin

And I've been quickly ushered in

To a world that I confess I do not know

But I still dream of running careless through the snow

An' through the howlin' winds that blow,

Across the ancient distant flow,

It fill our bodies up like water till we know.

You can wear your fur

Like a river on fire

But you better be sure

If you're makin' God a liar

I'm a rattlesnake, Babe,

I'm like fuel on fire

So if you're gonna' get made,

Don't be afraid of what you've learned