The Lord God Bird

In the delta sun, down in Arkansas

It's the great god bird with its altar call

And the sewing machine, the industrial god

On the great bayou were they saw it fall

It's the great god bird down in Arkansas

And the hunters beware, or the fishers fall

And paradise might close from its safe flight flawed

It's the great god bird through it all

And the watchers beware, lest they see it fall

And paradise might laugh when at last it falls

And the sewing machine, the industrial god

It's the great god bird with it's altar call

Yes, it's the great god bird with its altar call

Yes, it's the great god bird through it all 

"The Lord God Bird" by Sufjan Stevens, one of my favorite songs. Beautiful photography by Anna Aden.