Mountain Lion

Mountain Lion came here on a gorgeous winter night

As she ran across the pavement She was golden in the light

And she said “darlin, darlin, darlin I am only passing through

Give me deer and give me rabbits And I will not trouble you”

And she was real and she was golden in the moon

Than she was gone like an olden river tune

Yea she was there on Old Alturas Road

Then she ran down to the stream bed she was gone, she was gone she was gone

She ran down to the thickets where the berries grow so deep

and I went home, but I could not come to sleep

for she was there in the woods behind my home 

and I knew I would never be alone

and she said “darlin, darlin, darlin I am only passing through

Give me deer and give me rabbits And I will not trouble you”

And she was real and she was beautiful to see

But she triggered every nerve I had, She made a mess of me

Oh mountain lion I raise my glass to you

Because I know you are only passing through

And you are real and we share a sacred bond

I will whisper to the moon and I will hope that you’ll be gone

And she said said “darlin, darlin, darlin I am only passing through

Give me deer and give me rabbits And I will not trouble you

But I will wander through the ticket and the backyards of this town

You are lucky to have seen me but don't say that I’m around

For I am invisible, I am good and I am real 

And I will keep this place in balance And I don’t care how you feel”

And then she ran down to the streambed 

She was gone, she was gone, she was gone

And then she ran down to the stream bed 

She was gone she was gone she was gone

And then she ran down to the stream bed 

she was gone she was gone she was gone

Written and Performed by Sara Hoxie. Song appeared on the album Prayer for Feather River.