From the recording Share Your Bluegill
Steve Hanson – Acoustic Guitar, Double Bass, Slide Guitar, Synthesizer,
Backing Vocals.
Ron Johnson – Acoustic guitar & Vocals.
Lyrics
5. UMBUTU
Down a road with barns and hound dogs, my parents taught me well,
Work hard, make something of yourself.
Be a good neighbor, and when troubles come like dew,
Your neighbors are good neighbors too.
Chorus:
Who is my neighbor; this journey so hard;
Umbutu, I am because we are.
Sometimes I go fast; together, we go far,
Umbutu, I am because we are.
Listening to voices on a Greyhound ride,
Travelling on a bus on different sides.
Stories of neighbors from souls far and near,
The delights and burdens we share.
(Chorus)
What are flowers without bees, ships without seas,
Or neighbors without the we?
Farm fields or factory floors, closed or open doors,
My happiness depends on yours.
(Chorus)