Even The Oxen Lyrics - Grant Lee Buffalo

Here is the one here is the one here is the one mistake that can not be made 

There is a line that is crossed over once and only once let it be said 

All of the hubris clenched in our fist won't punch our way out of here 

You know what I've told and I tell but you won't let it pass into your ears 

Even the oxen ramming their heads on wood rails 

Come to know pain before the rusted barrier falls 

Before the radio long before radio waves struck down to touch 

Off the wild flame that took all in it's path and trampled the young underbrush 

Music shooed clouds away billowing anxieties are rolled over and out 

Seems like a lot of folks gave up and got out except for the truly devout 

Who like the oxen ramming their heads on wood rails 

Came to be dizzy before the barrier fell 

Love is the one love is the one weapon that hasn't been brandished yet in this song 

Strikes fear in the pockets of bankers and generals without it we can't carry on 

And all of us knew this at one time from teething to toothless it's safe to say 

But useless perhaps to point out that we've lost our instincts and awe in this day 

And like the oxen ramming their heads on tin walls 

Might come to know mercy before the barrier falls 

And I come to know mercy before the barrier falls 

And I come to know mercy before the barrier falls 

Falls falls 

And it falls falls falls 

And it falls falls falls