Way Before the Time of Towns Hoyt Axton

Way before the time of towns
When men were wild and life was free
My father's father's great-grandfather's
Ancestors did see—

The morning star, the rainbow sign—
Early morn' for all mankind
The God of life and growing things
The rising sun—and me—

And way before the time of towns
When men carved tales on Great Stone Drums
My father's father's great-grandfather's
Ancestors did sing—
About the wild beasts they did fight
The ones who came to kill at night
And how the еarly morning light
The rising sun did bring—

And it was way before thе time of towns
When women danced, the men looked down
And gazed at them with open eyes
And what they saw was fair
They laughed at how the children looked
Bathing in a forest brook—
And they were proud—and they were kings
And love was everywhere