Willie Says

www.danalyons.com www.cowswithguns.com WILLIE SAYS by Dana Lyons submitted by jhonen vasquez Copyright 1996, Lyons Brothers Music, BMI (from Cows With Guns CD) C-G-Am-F (with pinky playing G note on high E string on all four chords) FWillie says,C G Am F CG Here's a story that you may not comprehend Am F C G But the parking lot will crack and bloom again Am F C G There's a world beneath the pavement, that will never end Am F C GAF The seeds are lying dormant, it will never end And Willie says If you listen you can hear the sound of birds Here their song above the chaos, hear their words Listen to their love song that will never end The seeds are lying dormant, it will never end If you listen you may hear Em Am F G And the old one sits with me above the city Em Am F G While I watch the madness of the world below Em Am F G Then she laughs and tells me that its temporary Em F G Underneath the wild garden waits to grow And Willie says When you say you are afraid I understand In a place where one can rarely smell the land But the ocean breeze still blows here, that will never end The seeds are lying dormant, it will never end And Willie says If you listen to this tree you'll hear its song Its the music that my people pass along Its a dream that keeps returning that will never end The seeds are lying dormant, it will never end If you listen you may hear And Willie says Here's a story that you may not comprehend But the forest here will rise and bloom again There's a world beneath the pavement, that will never end The seeds are lying dormant, it will never end Listen to their love song that will never end Its a dream that keeps returning that will never end Dana Lyons: guitar and vocal The late Willie Cooper was a respected elder of the Lummi Indian Nation who touched many people with her sense of humor and commitment to community -dana lyons -yeah yeah i know this is a tree hugger song but it's pretty cool anyway