"The Ballad of Narluga" was first made available on "the Puppeteer's Dream" in September 2015, although I actually wrote it to be a Dandelion Root song. I wanted to sum up the Sasquatch Saga in one song and tie in what I was doing on my solo albums at the time with what I was doing in Dandelion Root. Dandelion Root does play this song live sometimes. I would call the recording of it on "the Puppeteer's Dream" "psychedelic country."
lyrics
Verse 1:
Once upon a time in Alaska’s woods
In a future not so far
A boy set off to do some good
And he didn’t go by car
Verse 2:
He didn’t go by boat or train
To get to a distant place
He didn’t go by bus or plane
He traveled time and space
Chorus:
This is the story of the son of a chief
Narluga is his name
You can doubt it or you can believe
It will be true just the same
This is the story of the son of a tribe
Narluga he is called
He found the wisdom we need to survive
The unity of all
Verse 3:
He’d heard of a bridge a midst the trees
A parallel dimension
The condition of humanity
Required his attention
Repeat Chorus
Verse 4:
He found the fabled time bridge there
He also found Sasquatch
They’d traveled the bridge and couldn’t bear
Our planet’s plight to watch
Repeat Chorus
Bridge:
Narluga was brave and Narluga was scared
Narluga knew what is right
Sasquatch saw and Sasquatch cared
They sought to end our sad plight
Verse 5:
Then the Sasquatch shared their knowledge
Their science of love and peace
The observable truth that all of this
Is one reality
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