(Ooh)
(Ooh, ahh)
(Oooh-ooh, oooh)
She moves through the garden drunk on marigold
An amber-winged wanderer, fearless and bold
She drinks from the flowers with her whole trembling soul
And lingers in the petals as the morning unfolds
Oh honey bee, oh honey bee
You taste the world so thoroughly
You give yourself to every bloom
You carry summer in your perfume
She does not apologize for what she desires
She follows the nectar through the thorns and the briars
Her body dusted gold from a thousand embraces
Leaving a little of herself in a thousand places
And I have watched her with a quiet ache
To be so bold, so unashamed to take
To want so openly, to need so free
Oh little bee, you look like me
Oh honey bee, you taught me this
That joy lives only in the risk
That sweetness costs a tender sting
And life is in the surrendering
Life is in the surrendering
Life is in the surrendering