Furr - Live at KCRW

Yeah, when I was only seventeen
 I could hear the angels whispering
 So I drove into the woods
 And wandered aimlessly about
 Until I heard my mother shouting through the fog
 It turned out to be the howling of a dog
 Or a wolf, to be exact
 The sound sent shivers down my back
 But I was drawn into the pack and before long
 They allowed me to join in and sing their song
 So from the cliffs and highest hills
 Yeah, we would gladly get our fill
 Howling endlessly and shrilly at the dawn
 And I lost the taste for judging right from wrong
 For my flesh had turned to fur
 Yeah, and my thoughts they surely were
 Turned to instinct and obedience to God
 You can wear your fur
 Like a river on fire
 But you'd better be sure
 If you're making God a liar
 I'm a rattlesnake, babe,
 I'm like fuel on a fire
 So if you're gonna get made
 Don't be afraid of what you've learned
 On the day that I turned 23
 I was curled up underneath a dogwood tree
 When suddenly a girl
 Her skin the color of a pearl
 She wandered aimlessly, but she didn't seem to see
 She was listening for the angels just like me
 So I stood and looked about
 I brushed the leaves off of my snout
 And then I heard my mother shouting through the trees
 You should have seen that girl go shaky at the knees
 So I took her by the arm
 We settled down upon a farm
 And raised our children up as gently as you please
 And now my fur has turned to skin
 And I've been quickly ushered in
 To a world that, I confess, I do not know
 But I still dream of running careless through the snow
 And through the howling winds that blow
 Across the ancient distant flow
 To fill our bodies up like water till we know
 You can wear your fur
 Like a river on fire
 But you'd better be sure
 If you're making God a liar
 I'm a rattlesnake, babe,
 I'm like fuel on a fire
 So if you're gonna get made
 Don't be afraid of what you've learned