Walnut Grove Band: Music
Old Man Beaver
(Walnutt)
2007-10-15
Music, lyrics and performance by Walnutt (Stewart/Solar Nut Music/ascap)
Met a beaver...it was stealing my trees, but we became friends and neither of us much care for golf.
Bunkered down like a bank-hole beaver
Dam it!
Dam it!
Dam it!
They're stealing my water,
but they're damn fine golfers.
Bunkered down like a bank-hole beaver
Dam it!
Dam it!
Dam it!
They're stealing my timber,
but they're damn fine builders.
Holding back the tide,
they've got money on their side,
they've got time...
to explore and ignore.
What's an honest beaver to do?
when the day is done
setting sun
coast is clear
golfers gone
hit the water
on my back
salute the moon
don't look back
up the slope
drop a tree
drag it to the water
and set it free.
(you're woking for me now, MR. Tree)
Old man beaver
Old man beaver
Old man beaver
Old man beaver
Ain't too many left like me
raised a family, cut some trees
built some ponds
built some meadows
face to face, I'm a mealow fellow
I'm an old man beaver
Old man beaver
Old man beaver
Old man beaver
c. 2007 Walnutt
Stewart/Solar Nut Music (ascap)