In the parking lot the dark becomes two panes of light

There’s a charcoal slash of ocean and a smoky plank of sky

Now they’re changing colors

Laurel green with alabaster,

Agate blue with snowy aster.

And as the blues are brightening and the cars are coming in,

You see a seagull weave a path upon the wind,

Like a thread that can begin and then begin

While the world just goes about its day

As the ground beneath you falls away

In this time when there’s no time, there is no place to be,

What bird did you see?

You think a goldfinch is enchanting and you know you told her,

Now a goldfinch lands above you like it’s on your shoulder,

Yesterday you saw a red-tailed hawk

Around a corner proud and still

Out of place, a sentinel.

And at the window when sparrows flew away,

A single cardinal seemed to know he had to stay,

He had a to be the bright vermillion in the gray,

While the world just goes about its day

As the ground beneath you falls away

In the presence of this absence, was there one bright flash, a simple song, a revery

What bird did you see?

And You will feel the summer sun and autumn rays,

You will return to busy friends and busy days but now,

In this time between the here and the hereafter there’s a feather at your door,

Love will find its way,    

In the very life you have today,

You’ll go back to what you understand,

Maybe unbelieve

But tell me now, what bird did you see?

It’s okay to know it’s me.

Andrew Sherman - hammond b3

Ken Rich - Kee Bass

Dar - acoustic guitar/vocals