Waitin On My Bear
B Ryce
[Verse 1]
I shot him at dawn in the high timber
Three days tracking through September cold
The bullet found his heart beneath the shoulder
Now he rides the interstate back home
[Verse 2]
The taxidermist called on Tuesday morning
Said the work was done, the payment due
I measured twice the wall above the mantle
Cleared the space where he'll stand through
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
My brother asks what makes a man go hunting
What draws him to the woods alone
I tell him it's the weight of silent waiting
The moment when the world goes stone
[Verse 4]
The truck pulls up, they carry him on canvas
Eight hundred pounds of fur and frame
His eyes are glass but hold the mountain in them
The ridge where neither of us were tame
[Verse 5]
I set him facing toward the eastern window
Where the morning breaks across the pine
And when the neighbors come I'll pour the whiskey
Tell them how he rose up one last time
[Verse 6]
How close we were before the powder burning
How his breath made clouds against the sky
Now he stands forever in my keeping
The bear who would not run, who would not fly
[Outro - Instrumental]
Versions
Waitin On My Bear (Version A)
B Ryce
Version A
Waitin On My Bear (Version B)
B Ryce
Version B