Retablo – Alvah Allen

“And whither they came and whither they shall go
The dew upon their feet shall manifest.”
–Wallace Stevens Sunday Morning

Lyrics:

Thursday last I was down
in the bottom of a well
in a faithless town, face down

I had a 40 foot head start
on gettin’ to hell
but you were there, I could tell

When the clouds broke open
and the rain begin
to fill the well back up
and wash me out again

Stay here with me, St. Exupery
for whither I may come
and whither I may go
I will paint you in the corner
of my retablo
of my retablo

Well, me and my best gal
we did lay down
in a field of wheat, blowing south

I almost lost it all for just one kiss
but you were there
and you know how it is

when you’re in love
and you can’t hear a thing
we was staring up at the thresher
when the dinner bell rang

Stay here with me, St. Exupery
for whither I may come
and whither I may go
I will paint you in the corner
of my retablo
of my retablo