Andrew Calhoun

Heavy Log (Elegy for James McCandless)

© Andrew Calhoun, recorded on Different Now.

Heavy log, rolled off the track,
Heavy log. 
Heavy log, rolled off the track,
Heavy log. 
Heavy log, rolled off the track, 
Heavy enough to break your back—
Heavy log. 

Heavy log, lying on the ground,
Heavy log. 
Heavy log, lying on the ground,
Heavy log. 
Heavy log, lying on the ground, 
Lying waiting for the rains to come— 
Heavy log. 

Heavy log, ready to go,
Heavy log. 
Heavy log, ready to go, 
Heavy log. 
Heavy log, ready to go, 
Wade in the water, give with the flow— 
Heavy log.

Heavy log, headed to sea,
Heavy log. 
Heavy log, headed to sea,
Heavy log. 
Heavy log, headed to sea, 
Rollin’ down the river in a reverie— 
Heavy log.