A cloud of eiderdown draws around me Softening the sound Sleepy time when I lie with my love by my side And she's breathing low, and the candle dies
When night comes down you lock the door The book falls to the floor As darkness falls and waves roll by The seasons change the wind is warm
Now wakes the owl, now sleeps the swan Behold a dream, the dream is gone Green fields, a cold rain Is falling in a golden dawn
And deep beneath the ground the early morning sounds And I go down Sleepy time when I lie with my love by my side And she's breathing low And I rise like a bird, In the haze when the first rays touch the sky And the night winds die.