God Knows Where

from Bioluminescence by Tim Brochier

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I'm the funky folkadelic, devilish angelic
finding any trouble that I can
I'm the roadside livin, soul love givin
border of a boy and a man
I'm the puff puff passer
Anybody ask ya, what the hell I gotten up to
Tell em, I'm God knows where doin Lord knows what
with Jesus Christ knows who

I was trompin through the snowy high Sierras
where the alpine glow ignites Cathedral Peak
Aside from trees and coyotes and sparrows
I hadn't seen a single soul all week
When I saw an old man sittin on the granite
with a palette and a paintbrush in his hands
I scampered up the stones to see his canvas
and my jaw dropped at his portrait of the land
He caught the sunlight shattered on the river
and the shadowed emerald glow of lodgepole pines
His glittering ice-capped mountains made me shiver
As they pierced the clouds that hung in rosy skies
I smiled and I said, "Man, that's unbelievable.
No artist that I know can quite compare."
He said, "The hard part's pickin where to put the easle.
I just plagiarize the Earth and Sky from there."

I'm the funky folkadelic, devilish angelic
finding any trouble that I can
I'm the roadside livin, soul love givin
border of a boy and a man
I'm the puff puff passer
Anybody ask ya, what the hell I gotten up to
Tell em, I'm God knows where doin Lord knows what
with Jesus Christ knows who

No rope, no phone, no sense of any plannin
Just a feelin I should head back to the valley
That's how I got lost in Tenaya Canyon
A place where people go missin and things tend to go badly
I slipped and slid down slopes of frozen boulders
While the waterfall was roarin by my side
The forest ripped the pack off of my shoulders
Five miles later I swear I almost died
Perched on the edge of stupidity and bravery
Next to a slippery cliff of melted snow
I looked up to the sky and said, "Lord, save me!"
Then I looked down at the rapids far below
That rock I kicked fell shattering to pieces,
but the trees caught me and set me on the ground
And that ground I kissed as I said, "Thank you, Jesus,
I'm just here to spread your Love from here on out!"

I'm the funky folkadelic, devilish angelic
finding any trouble that I can
I'm the roadside livin, soul love givin
border of a boy and a man
I'm a sinner and a pastor
Anybody ask ya, what the hell I gotten up to
Tell em, I'm God knows where doin Lord knows what
with Jesus Christ knows who

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from Bioluminescence, released March 16, 2018
Scotty on the fiddle!
Timmy on the rest

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