Warm In The Wake - Joseph Campbell lyrics

My new clay sculpture Was taken home By an art vulture Whose soul had been sold The statue had a likeness Of Willem Dafoe With a smile-struck face To warm these cold bones But the way that it left The way that you are You know that we sold the farm And it seems like the good part But don't believe what you hear It will make you do things It will make you steer clear And it seems like the bad part But have no fear It will leave you soon enough Like the whole of last year But the way that you left The way that you are You know that we sold the farm But in your red gown On the white bench You call your call like the Carolina finch In defiance of Campbell Religion I'd need Some religious North Star Religion I'd plead