October Song

I'll sing you this October song

There is no song before it

The words and tune are none of my own

For my joys and sorrows bore it

Beside the sea, the brambling briars

In the still of the evening

The birds fly out behind the sun

And with them I'll be leaving

The fallen leaves that dew the ground

Know the art of dying

And leave with joy their glad gold hearts

In scarlet shadows lying

When hunger calls my footsteps follow on

And the morning follows after

I swim the seas within my mind

And the pine trees laugh green laughter

I used to search for happiness

I used to follow pleasure

But I found a door behind my mind

And that's the greatest treasure

For rulers like to lay down laws

And rebels like to break them

And the poor breeds like to walk in chains

And God likes to forsake them

I met a man whose name was Time

He said I must be going

But just how long ago that was

I have no way of knowing

Sometimes I walk to murder time

Sometimes when my heart's aching

But mostly I just stroll along

The path that he's taken

I'll sing you this October song

There is no song before it

The words and tune are none of my own

For my joys and sorrows bore it

Beside the sea, the brambling briars

In the cool of the evening

The birds fly out behind the sun

And with them I'll be leaving