Tumbleweed

Fallen asleep between roses
Opened my eyes among thorns
I don't recognise, I don't realise
I was pushed away where I belong

Here I am just like a little beetle
Carried by the storm into a lake
Oh dear caterpillar! Or darling Mr. Toad
I'm a stranger to you all. Is it my fate?

Have you heard of the storm
That uprooted my home?
A shower crushed down
On my beautiful town

Then the lightning bolt struck
Incinerated my shack
I barely survived the flame

But wilted like a tree
Replanted in debris
I turned into nothing
I won't be the same

Then the wind lifted my dry bones
And carried away, never stopped
From shore to shore, from door to door
My roots will never touch the ground

Oh dear caterpillar
Oh darling Mr. Toad
I'm a stranger to you all
Is it where I belong?

How I miss my roses
And my little shack
This tumbling and rolling
Will not take me back