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VERSE 1

As a young man, a beard I grew
It felt like the right thing to do
I knew it deep down in my soul
That growing it would make me whole

One fateful night, a storm arose
The rain was fierce, the cold wind froze
Through moonless woods, my steps did stray
And I, afraid, had lost my way

I heard a rumble, so low and fierce
A sound that through my soul did pierce
A wolf pack near, their hunger deep
And me alone, an errant sheep

CHORUS

But do not ever doubt your beard
When caught with neither gun nor knife
For when all hope had disappeared
It was my beard that saved my life

VERSE 2

I tried to run from fate unkind
They bore down on me from behind
When it was clear I'd lose the race
I spun to stare them in the face.

I thought that I was surely dead
But first they stared, then bowed their heads
They looked at me, then backed away
As if I was predator, not the prey

For in my beard, the pack had sensed
Both wisdom vast and strength immense
A primal musk, they were ensared
By power of my facial hair

CHORUS

So do not ever doubt your beard
When caught with neither gun nor knife
For when all hope had disappeared
It was my beard that saved my life

BRIDGE / VERSE 3

And in my beard, the woods still lived,

The force of life, of nature's gift.

For through the hair upon my chin

They saw in me one of their kin

With a howl to the sky
They faded back into the night
And I swore right there and then
I would never shave again

CHORUS

So do not ever doubt your beard
When caught with neither gun nor knife
For when all hope had disappeared
It was my beard that saved my life

Please do not ever doubt your beard
When caught with neither gun nor knife
For when all hope had disappeared
It was my beard that saved my life