Indian Creek

Lyrics

[Intro — instrumental only, no vocals]
[a gate creaks on its hinge over a soft bed of the world's drums; the beat builds]
[Instrumental build — still no singing, let the groove settle in]
[Instrumental — the creak and the world-drums carry it alone]

[Verse 1 — vocals enter at last]
End of the line where the whole world lands,
Clarkston welcome with a hundred hands;
creak the gate, let the threshold sing,
Indian Creek where the new lives begin.

[Chorus]
Indian Creek, Indian Creek, creak and drum,
the most diverse mile where the welcomed come;
creak, creak, creak, let the whole world in,
the end of the line where the worlds begin.

[Verse 2]
A thousand homelands on a single street,
the drums of the planet keeping the beat;
every creak a door to a brand-new day,
Indian Creek at the end of the way.

[Chorus]
Indian Creek, Indian Creek, creak and drum,
the most diverse mile where the welcomed come;
creak, creak, creak, let the whole world in,
the end of the line where the worlds begin.

[Outro — vocals stop here]
[Instrumental — the creaking gate rides out alone, no more singing]
[Long instrumental outro — the groove fades slowly all the way down to silence]