

M A L I N W A G N O N M U S I C
CAULDER RUN
I’ve been crashed out on the beach
Just beyond the water’s reach
Dreaming that it washes me away
I can hear it rolling in
And whispering away again
It gets a little closer every day
There’s a story I was told
When I was just a few days old
Of a beggar born to be a king
He cursed the best and blessed the meek
But from what I’ve seen the weak
Don’t inherit much of anything
Caulder Run, Caulder Run
In the garden grows a gun
And a rose that cuts as deep as any thorn
Caulder Run, Caulder Run
Take a teaspoon or a ton
I’ve been running since the day that I was born
I give as much as I can take
Bend as much as I can break
Don’t mistake the forest for the pines
Breathe the breath that’s given me
Carve myself a wishing tree
Rake the coals and read between the lines
I do my best to sing the song
The ones before me passed along
Remember every note that I forget
I’ll try to sing it like I did
Back when I was just a kid
Change the words and tune as I see fit
Caulder Run, Caulder Run
All the damage that is done
Leaves a broken bath like cattle in the corn
Caulder Run, Caulder Run
Guess I’m not the only one
Who’s been running since the day that I was born
I’ve been running from the day
From time to time my knees might bend
I light a candle now and then
But mostly I believe in what I see
All the good books that we read
Won’t save us from what lies ahead
And what we leave behind won’t set us free
Caulder Run, Caulder Run
I will stare into the sun
Until the night will shine as bright as any morn
Caulder Run, Caulder Run
Catches up with everyone
Keeps us running from the day the we are born
Keeps us running from the day