Medicine tongue and a heavy hand together make a fist   They put me down and I do not rise   And now as an old child, I'll hand it down   I'll hand it down, then I'll blow around   See me blow around, just like dirty paper      I crossed my mind ahead of us   Just there where the trees give way   Do forgive, do forgive, I will forget your name   Far be it from me   Far be it from me to take care      By word of mouth   All young men do stagger   And all come to shamble by heart   We will see just as we believe no lie   Time will tell us   We'll see his face and know why      Did I cross your heart, behind my back just then   Just then as time went marching by   I must push on, in prayer and take it by force   Though you've said it, you say it better   With more conviction than I      Medicine tongue and a heavy hand together made a list   Row on row of cold and hardened hearts that wish   My weeds and flowers would together both grow wild   From a distance, from a distance   They come up close to smile