The Bear and the Wolves Lyrics

My brother had a dream

We were young boys in a field

And on a grey-speckled stallion we rode

We galloped through the summer wind

Until we reached that field's end

And into a dark wood we did go

He told me he was afraid, but he knew in his heart we'd be safe

He said whenever we rode together he could always be brave

So we should always be brave

One time I hiked alone

Up the creekbed from our home

When I came upon a big hungry bear

He chased me down and pinned my face

I feared my life would be erased

When I heard a crowing pierce through the air

My brother cast a limestone at the bear and the bear did give chase

Then he led that bear away through the woods so that I could escape

And he hollered "Be brave"

He grew old and moved away

But my brother's words did stay

In my soul as I lived out my days

But trouble found him all alone and

In the badlands of California

And to a pack of wolves he was prey

Just before they closed in on my brother he pulled out his blade

Then he carved his final words in the side a red sandstone cave

He wrote "Brother, be brave"