Prayer for Feather River
We can see the forests burning in the mountains to the East Tearing up the Plumas like a crazed and savage beast It started on the Caribou Road in the middle of the night By the time the hand crews found it had already taken flight From Belden up to Seneca the forests are a blaze They can not stop the wild fire; they've been at it 15 days There are dozers and there ‘s choppers where the canyons are to steep There are weary fire fighters wishing for a full nights sleep Say a prayer for Feather River; it will never be the same For that verdant rugged canyon has been taken by the flame Here the canyons are the steepest the August days are dry And they cannot stop the wild fire no matter how they try If it finally reaches Almanor They can try to stop it there But its always that there’s lightning in the tinderbox of air Say a prayer for Feather River, it will never be the same For that verdant rugged canyon has been taken by the flame It’s the fate of every forest, it can happen any year And the stoic watch the Column from a ridge top somewhere near They will tell you it is nature; some say that its Gods plan But inside their hearts are breaking for the sweet and ravaged land Say a prayer for Feather River; it will never be the same For that verdant rugged canyon has been taken by the flame
Written by Sara Hoxie. Performed on the albums For the Time We’re Here and Prayer for Feather River.