We came to this world, in a box sent from Somewhere
We gorged on a diet of weeds ‘n’ such
We formed a girls’ club, occasional squabbles don’t ruffle our feathers too much
We came to this room when we were much smaller
Pecked at the ground and warmed by the pile
We knew we were loved, by a strange looming (chicken?) tender, of signature voices and smiles
chorus:
Well, goodbye to the nest, good hello to the open field, to
Freedom in Kentfield, freedom in Kentfield
More still to come, there’ll be more in Marin
Freedom in Kentfield for now
We’re feeders of food chains, feeders of love
We’re feeders, our kinfolk are breeders
We don’t yet relate to the fate of our future
We do what we do, no more grandiose a plan
chorus
(instrumental interlude)
chorus:
Well, goodbye to the nest, good hello to the open field, to
Freedom in Kentfield, freedom in Kentfield
More still to come, there’ll be more in Marin
Freedom in Kentfield for now
Freedom in Kentfield, freedom in Kentfield
More still to come, there’ll be more in Marin
Freedom in Kentfield for now
(copyright Joe Woodard, 2021)
credits
from Goleta Electric,
track released November 23, 2021
"Freedom in Kentfield" (Joe Woodard)
from the Joe Woodard album, "Goleta Electric," released on Household Ink Records, November 26, 2021 (Black Friday)
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