One Last Sunset

Verse 1

Moonlight through the slats of wood

Henhouse smells of hay and sweat

Doctor said my time is good

For maybe one more sunset

Verse 2

Hands that broke the morning ground

Gripping nothing warm and still

One last feeling to be found

Before the valley takes its fill

Pre-Chorus

Lord I know you're watching

Every feather and every bone

Give me just this moment

Before I go on home

Chorus

In the chicken coop at midnight

With the rooster on his perch

I'm saying goodbye to living

Saying goodbye to this earth

One last act of stubborn flesh

Underneath the pale moon's eye

The dying man alone in the dark

Saying his last goodbye

Verse 3

Eggs lie cold in scattered straw

Feathers drifting through the air

Nothing left for me to claw

Nothing left for me to care

Pre-Chorus

Lord I know you're counting

Every cluck and every crow

Hold your judgement til the morning

Let me feel before I go

Chorus

In the chicken coop at midnight

With the rooster on his perch

I'm saying goodbye to living

Saying goodbye to this earth

One last act of stubborn flesh

Underneath the pale moon's eye

The dying man alone in the dark

Saying his last goodbye

Bridge

The hens won't make a sound

They know what's coming round

The dust settles on my knees

The wind carries through the trees

Mm

Mm-hmm

Chorus

In the chicken coop at midnight

With the rooster on his perch

I'm saying goodbye to living

Saying goodbye to this earth

One last act of stubborn flesh

Underneath the pale moon's eye

The dying man alone in the dark

Saying his last goodbye