When she was home She was a swan When she was out she was a tiger And a tiger in the wild is not tied to anyone
When she was lost She was a toad The day I found her on the road I gave her water and a rose And as she stretched The Sun rose
Go Go Go away
When she was young She was a cow And all day long She milked the stars She taught me Women to survive Must be unfaithful to their child Of all the wonders of the world She was a lady with a bird She must have had so many lives Was it the fi rst? Was it the last?
Go Go Go away
When she was ill She was a whale She was so patient she would wait Until I sang her by the lane The sweetest tunes to ease her pain
When she was old She was an owl I saw her swaying in the sky And when she died inside my arms I realised she was a cat
Go Go Go away
Sometimes I wonder If my child Will have her eyes
To see through me
And when I die And I am born again What will I be A cat? A stone? A tree?
