Sunfish

There’s a glow on the ripples coming downstream
The yard is a kingdom, secret to me
And I don’t want anyone else to see
Down in the grass watching ants from my knees
Or up in the branches of the mulberry tree
I don’t want anyone following me
Sundays we spend with our feet in the water
Watching the sunfish flash over the stones
Later at dinner, I sit like a soldier
Hiding inside when I’m home
Out just beyond where their voices can reach
Thrown from the house mant to catch up to me
But i’m drifting to sleep on a blanket of leavs
And all I can hear is the wind in the trees
Oh, oh, oh
Sundays we spend with our feet in the water
Watching the sunfish flash over the stones
Later at dinner, I sit like a soldier
Hiding inside when I’m home
Hiding inside when I’m home