Crown of leaves, high in the window on a gold morning
 
 Young today, old as a railroad tomorrow
 
 Days are just drops in the river to be lost always
 
 Only you, only you, you know
 
  
  Years ago, birds of a feather would arrive nightly
 
 Gone you know, held to another like clutched ivy
 
 On the shore, speak to the ocean and receive silence
 
 Only you, only you, you know
  
 
 Here as the caves of my memory fade
 
 I'll hold to the first one
 
 I wouldn't turn to another, you say
 
 On the long night we've made
 
 Let it go
  
 
 Only you, only you, you know
 
 Only you, only you, you know
  
 
 Here as the caves of my memory fade
 
 I'll hold to the first one
 
 I wouldn't turn to another, you say
 
 On the long night we've made
 
 Let it go
  
 
 Speak to me slow, my dear
 
 No ghost, of course, in here
 
 Pleased to be lonesome, quiet and clear
 
 All is alone in here