The Dawn Chorus on Tape

He wakes before the sun comes up Leaves the sleeping house to collect more sound He stands in reverence under towering trees Tall as houses Did you ever imagine A world without seeing it As the night came in he was listening To a universe magnetized He heard everything It came with a fading light Bringing familiar rooms into shadow now He tapes every morning all the risen sounds With this wow and flutter Did you ever imagine A world without seeing it As the night came in he was listening To a universe magnetized He heard everything As the dark came down he was listening To a thousand dawns caught before He heard everything