Boy Cried Wolf lyrics

Artist  : Patty Smith 
Song : Boy Cried Wolf
 
Oh the story's told been told retold
From the
sacred scriptures to the tabloids
All the fuss
and fight none above a whisperThe soul of gold the
belly of a boy

Well they drew him from the
forestLike they draw bloodTied him to a tree like
St. Sebastian
And he turned his head and let
the arrows fly
Through the trees, the
trees
The ornamental leaves

Boy cried
wolfWolf don't comeWolf withinBoy cried
wolf
In the ancient mold they're dancing
down
Calling to the moon but it don't
answer
And they fell on their knees
and
passed the bowl aroundAnd the blood the blood the
sacramental blood

Boy cried wolf
Wolf
don't come
Wolf within
Boy cried
wolf

I am the body I am the stream
I am
the wake of everything
They bring me flowers
that are myself
Garlands of blood that are
myself
Slain the lamb that is
himself

Torn reborn the cries of our
dismay
Are nothing to the wind but whose to
mind
Kings are lifted up and kings are
thrown

Lost received retrieved
The
human tide

Innocence had its dayInnocence
had its dayInnocence innocence