It's breathin' time
   In Christmas Valley
   herons fly by night
   and crash into the pines
   and when we're gone
   from Christmas Valley
   no one will remember you
   leave nothin' to remind
   to remind
  
   climbed up onto Fort Rock
   and I looked unto the town
   the aquifer works so hard
   to consecrate the ground
  
   all the way to Wagontire
   just a shimmer in the haze
   all the way to Wagontire
   no one's beggin' us to stay
  
   It's breathin' time
   in Christmas Valley
   herons fly by night
   and crash into the pines
   and when we're gone
   from Christmas Valley
   no one will remember you
   leave nothin' to remind
   to remind
  
   If what you want is tarpaper
   blown off in the wind
   If what you want is tarpaper
   then hold here to the end
  
   Sister says in Lewiston
   three rivers come to meet
   she'll get us jobs in a restaurant
   we can stagger home each night
  
   It's breathin' time
   in Christmas Valley
   herons fly by night
   and crash into the pines
   and when we're home
   from Christmas Valley
   no one will remember you
   leave nothin' to remind
   to remind