a single note [Explored]

yes I've tried to hide my face

behind a tree I have been glad

to see the river run with mud

so fast it will not hold my look

but believe me Boss I can not hide

I can not muddy you I can

not chop you from my stony field

you're like a weed you've got yourself

a common name but a name I can't

forget a name like honey Boss

you pour it in my ear you pour

it in my mouth you make me say

it Boss your name it's like a bird

that's come to roost upon my lips

no matter what it will not stir

it sings a single note sometimes

it's just a whisper others it's

a shout it doesn't matter how

I feel about it what I want

from you is nothing Boss compared

to what you want from me you want

it all to always go your way

though I could give you daisies you

you would just as soon have weeds if it

were in your favor Boss I guess

you'd prize a briar for its thorns

------Maurice Manning

Done