Rootless

I'm a cloud drifting by

Dripping tears from the sky

I'm a snail without a shell

A leper with a golden bell

I've got nowhere to go

I'm a stray cat on the roam

Choking on a chicken bone

For a home sweet, no sweet home



For a root, for a leaf, for a branch, for a tree

For something, somebody, that reminded them of me



Running with my roots pulled up

Caught me cold so they could cut

What there was left of love

I'm rootless, I'm rootless



Work your fingers to the bone

Building castles out of snow

I'm a nomad walking on

Humming to the same old song

Lower case society

Tied to no community

A kingdom without a king

With no sense of belonging



For a root, for a leaf, for a branch, for a tree

For something, somebody, that reminded them of me



Running with my roots pulled up

Caught me cold so they could cut

What there was left of love

I'm rootless, I'm rootless



Running with my roots pulled up

So they could cut me free of love



Running with my roots pulled up

Caught me cold so they could cut

What there was left of love

I'm rootless, I'm rootless



Tracking my roots through the snow

No home sweet and no sweet home

I've got nowhere to go

I'm rootless, I'm rootless