Written by Dar Williams
th Fret Intro: C F You, so fleet and youthful, must have split a thousand apples Am F Oh, I watched you as you steadied first your heart then your breath C F Venturing out, you scanned a thousand blades of grass Am F Dm And when you drew your bowstring, it was a swift and cordial death F As you stood in the wilderness Dm F Did you feel the silence in the stillness? C Em G That was me, with you in the forest C Em For you knew the balances, the balances before us F C Am G I was guarding Crystal, Crystal Creek C F Oh, a tree, it's a record, a home of memories Am F And every bird springs from an old master's canvas, full in flight C F And the pond I go to, sparkles in a vast estuary Am F Dm And those men saw nothing, staring drunken through their sites F The one who spied me out as goods to plunder Dm F I had to show the world that he was not a true hunter C Em That was me, when he saw me naked G C Em He was interrupting something sacred F C Am G I was guarding Crystal, Crystal Creek C F And the newsmen circled, leaving trails of cigarette butts Am F Machine-like up the hill to Crystal Creek C F ??James,? she said, ??who would do this thing I've seen today. Am F Dm I cannot hold my mic, my hands are shaking, knees are weak.? F ??They found a man and he was wrapped in a deerskin, Dm F Riddled through with boxes of his friends' ammunition. Dm G Turn the camera off,? she said. C Em That was me, oh, my noble animals C Em You must act with reverence, with reverence, not like cannibals F C Am G C I was guarding Crystal, Crystal Creek