A cloud of eiderdown
Draws around me
Softening a 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
The 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
It’s 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