Of Bow & Drum Lyrics - Adrian Belew

"far away," said the matriarch, 

"i once heard from the tongue of a lark 

Of golden days 

Of bow and drum 

And of men who chased. 

Now they come in rags of greed, 

No regard for our dignity." 

She began to dream 

And the wind did rage 

And the forest cried 

"Run away," she told him then, 

"Find a way to hide from them." 

Far away from behind a tree 

Came a sound to defy the peace 

And the son went down 

Quietly in a pool of reeds 

"of bow and drum" 

Monday, may 6, 1996