Twelve Grains

Intro

Hey-ya

Ho

Hey-ya

Chorus

Circle the center where we meet

Circle the center while the wooden spirits speak

Drink up the water from the old white creek

Pour for the ground beneath your feet

Drink for the strength we used to keep

Verse 1

Salt on the bread

Golden crown for the holy head

Under the tall pine the sisters gather flowers

High boughs protecting all of us through these hours

Pre-Chorus

Grandfather watching the door

Watching the door

Sensing the sweat and the wood of the floor

Chorus

Circle the center where we meet

Circle the center while the wooden spirits speak

Drink up the water from the old white creek

Pour for the ground beneath your feet

Drink for the strength we used to keep

Post-Chorus

La la la

Spinning now

La la la

Heavy plow

Verse 2

Kupala burning high

Casting shadows clear across the midnight sky

Twelve grains for the harvest

Wait until the oldest child wanders the farthest

Pre-Chorus

Grandfather watching the door

Watching the door

Sensing the sweat and the wood of the floor

Chorus

Circle the center where we meet

Circle the center while the wooden spirits speak

Drink up the water from the old white creek

Pour for the ground beneath your feet

Drink for the strength we used to keep

Bridge

He woke the river

He broke the winter

He spoke to thunder

Chorus

Circle the center where we meet

Circle the center while the wooden spirits speak

Drink up the water from the old white creek

Pour for the ground beneath your feet

Drink for the strength we used to keep