From Topanga to the sea
You took a walk with me
To be free
To be free
Halfway down the trail
We were sprung from our jail
I see a whale
You fill your pail
With the spirits of the bees
And the heat above the trees
And you love flowers
You feel their powers
And this old fern is my friend
Our love will never end
Carbon dated love
Tragedies unfold
My heart's made out of coal
Carbon dated love
And there's a fossil of a fern
When we open up the earth
Still glowing green
Down in the seam
And there's three hundred years of coal
But it took so long to grow
Black as pitch
It flipped the switch
And in the dungeon down below
A forgotten miner's glove
Waits its turn
Just like the fern
And this old fern is my friend
Our love will never end
Carbon dated love
Tragedies unfold
My heart's made out of coal
Carbon dated love
It started in the sun
But when we were done
The shade had taken hold
Under cottonwood trees
The wet canyon breeze
Mud seeps through our clothes
When we finally reached the shore
There stood an open door
Out in the foam
Calling us home
Finally feeling brave
We stepped into the waves
We jumped right through
Just me and you
And this old fern is my friend
Our love will never end
Carbon dated love
Tragedies unfold
My heart's made out of coal
Carbon dated love
Carbon dated love