coyote caller

joshua james

mile marker 35 i saw

john can ya hear him howlin?

it must get lonely when the night sky falls

the coyote calling

i'd sing if my voice could: follow his high notes

down to the bass where the low end goes

hungry to hide the killer inside

when the coyote calls me home

we wandered aimless till the sun came up

bring out your trumpets

children

dance off the daylight till the moon wakes up

when the king of the prairie screams a dirge to awake we: follow his high notes

down to the bass where the low end goes

hungry to hide the killer inside

when the coyote calls me home

we caught him bathing

licking at his wounds

a face no reaction

just silence

without a warning he began a tune

singing: sha-na-na-nana

sha-sha sha-na-na na

sha-na-na-nana

awhoo a whoou

sha-na-na-nana

sha-sha sha-na-na na

sha-na-na-nana

awhoo

we just follow the high notes

down to the bass where the low end goes

hungry to hide the killer inside

when the coyote's calling me home

sha-na-na-nana

sha-sha sha-na-na na

sha-na-na-nana

awhoo a whoou

sha-na-na-nana

sha-sha sha-na-na na

sha-na-na-nana

awhoo a whohoo

sha-na-na-nana

sha-sha sha-na-na na na

sha-na-na-nana

awhoo awhoo awhooo