Man Walks Among Us - Jonathan Richman

Warm are the winds on the desert

A whirlwind is dancing around

I stopped to survey all the beauty, the tears

When a shadow moves up, across the ground

It’s an eagle

And it circles above me

And he screams to his friends on the hill

«Stay close together

Move not a feather

Man walks among us

Be still.

Be still

Man walks among us

Be still.»

Everything hides, but I see them

I spotted an old mother quail

I turn 'round and see

Looking right back at me

The eyes of a young cotton tail

Somewhere a coyote sneaking

As he roams through the brush on the hill

And the eagle screams down

«Stay close to the ground

Man walks among us

Be still.

Be still

Man walks among us

Be still.»

Soon, will be gone all the desert

Cities will cover each hill

Today will just be

A sad memory

Man walks among us

Be still

Be still

Man walks among us

Be still