[Verse 1]
I sit and watch the swallow hover come rainy afternoon
I sit and watch the cobweb follow you, my dear ol' nancy bird
Imagining the empty gaze on some hazy afternoon
I dream and count the raindrops fall on you

[Chorus]
Fearful afterglow of a fading love for you
I sit and watch the fine gale that comes through
Tearful dear girl I have to hold you for my woo
But the swallow brought the gauntly haunting view

[Instrumental]

[Chorus]
Fearful afterglow of a fading love for you
I sit and watch the fine gale that comes through
Tearful dear girl I have to hold you for my woo
But the swallow brought the gauntly haunting view

[Outro]
The swallow brought the gauntly haunting view