Josh Ritter - Bone of Song lyrics

Just where it now lies, I can no longer say
I found it on a cold and November day
In the roots of a sycamore tree
Where it had hid so long
In a box made out of myrtle
Lay the bone of song

The bone of song was a
Jawbone old and bruised
And worn out in the service of the muse
And along it's sides and
Teeth were written words
I ran my palm along them and I heard

Lucky are you who finds me in the wilderness
I am the only unquiet ghost
That does not seek rest
The words on the bone of
Song were close and small
And though their tongues were dead
I found I knew them all
In the hieroglyphs of quills
And quatrain lines
Osiris, the fall of Troy, Auld Lang Syne
Kathleen Mauvoreen, Magnificat
Your Cheatin’ Heart
The chords of a covenant king
Singing for the Ark

Then I saw on a white space that was left
A blessing written older than the rest
And it said leave me here
I care not for wealth or fame
I’ll remember your song
But I’ll forget your name

The words that I sang blew off
Like the leaves in the wind
And perched like birds in the branches
Before landing on the bone again again

Then the bone was quiet it said no more to me
So I wrapped it in the
Ribbons of a sycamore tree
And as night had come I
Turned around and headed home
With a lightness in my step and
A song in my bones

Lucky are you who finds me in the wilderness
I am the only unquiet ghost
That does not seek rest