Raw Wood - John Vanderslice

One day the paint will be stripped right off

Your pretty veneer

And you can bet for sure

Raw wood never looked so good

One day the pain

Will pass on from me to you

It will then be clear

If it’s really true:

I’ve moved on

I set up camp in the woods

Where the trail falls off for good

I set up in wildcat camp

Just me and the owls and the bats

In the deep dark woods

Alone with my fears

Under the jackpine

The sky was galvanized

My house is a mess

The kind you keep

When you don’t have guests

One day I’ll fix it right

Because raw wood never looked so good