The light is leaving us all West street-the shutters shut dark The flowers flow and sing in the drift The light is leaving us all And in the night the cuckoos call To the light that is leaving us all Far away the red barn burns Oh rose, you are dead And around you The storm kicks her heels And sucks The light which is leaving us now And I hear the steps in the night And I catch the beats of my heart And the lantern is blinding And bright burn the wedges in our eyes And the light is leaving us all On long lane where we fall Into the causeway I heard the stars split open By the post, by the moon, by the chapel Call the surgeon The surgeon is dead Call the policeman The policeman is dead And the moon is drunk And the nightnurse is sick And the murderer's dead The assembly is killing time And the clock has slowed to sugar By the way–have you heard? The light is leaving us all So may I recall you The light is leaving you now Sly days sleep and fly Little villages drop down And sleep dull dreams full of milk Till you open up the curtains And observe and obey She opens up her eyes And she knows your name The light is leaving us all We are marked and we are named Beyond the barn Where the young girl stumbles and falls Between her toes the flowers grow And on her eyes the flowers die And from her womb The light is leaving her child And Gunshot and knife And choke her neck And bury her in dead tree Or fall her to the floor The light is leaving her all Always and utterly In the mud her prints are ghost And the candle burns in the floor Oh badness–sing on! The light is leaving us all Over in the sun the eyesparks trip And by the sea shore the children skip Watch the ice cream watch the maiden Watch the killer strong And please read the first book And consider the fall The light is leaving us all
[00:07.19]The light is leaving us all [00:14.44]West street-the shutters shut dark [00:22.26]The flowers flow and sing in the drift [00:29.59]The light is leaving us all [00:36.58]And in the night the cuckoos call [00:40.37]To the light that is leaving us all [00:44.92]Far away the red barn burns [00:50.28]Oh rose, you are dead [00:53.24]And around you [00:55.19]The storm kicks her heels [00:58.07]And sucks [00:58.98]The light which is leaving us now [01:06.00]And I hear the steps in the night [01:13.31]And I catch the beats of my heart [01:28.17]And the lantern is blinding [01:31.34]And bright burn the wedges in our eyes [01:36.70]And the light is leaving us all [01:41.96]On long lane where we fall [01:45.45]Into the causeway [01:48.50]I heard the stars split open [01:53.04]By the post, by the moon, by the chapel [01:58.53]Call the surgeon [02:02.13]The surgeon is dead [02:03.97]Call the policeman [02:06.21]The policeman is dead [02:08.55]And the moon is drunk [02:11.62]And the nightnurse is sick [02:16.10]And the murderer's dead [02:19.03]The assembly is killing time [02:23.39]And the clock has slowed to sugar [02:26.54]By the way–have you heard? [02:31.34]The light is leaving us all [02:35.37]So may I recall you [02:38.76]The light is leaving you now [02:42.99]Sly days sleep and fly [02:48.79]Little villages drop down [02:51.88]And sleep dull dreams full of milk [03:03.23]Till you open up the curtains [03:07.00]And observe and obey [03:10.50]She opens up her eyes [03:13.09]And she knows your name [03:16.57]The light is leaving us all [03:20.42]We are marked and we are named [03:24.38]Beyond the barn [03:26.15]Where the young girl stumbles and falls [03:31.97]Between her toes the flowers grow [03:35.17]And on her eyes the flowers die [03:39.02]And from her womb [03:41.22]The light is leaving her child [03:46.73]And Gunshot and knife [03:50.53]And choke her neck [03:52.94]And bury her in dead tree [03:54.99]Or fall her to the floor [03:58.97]The light is leaving her all [04:03.15]Always and utterly [04:06.29]In the mud her prints are ghost [04:08.95]And the candle burns in the floor [04:13.01]Oh badness–sing on! [04:16.30]The light is leaving us all [04:23.95]Over in the sun the eyesparks trip [04:27.73]And by the sea shore the children skip [04:38.28]Watch the ice cream watch the maiden [04:41.77]Watch the killer strong [04:44.56]And please read the first book [04:47.03]And consider the fall [04:48.51]The light is leaving us all
