Midnight in the swaying leaves Midnight in the field And the moon is like a sheet Covering the shield And you told me come along Carrying away To the Derwentwater stones And I know the place All the faces in the moss Look like those I've known Or like bruises on the rocks On the broken stone And the voices speak to me
And the faces change And the rhododendron seeds Bloom and stain the range And you tell me to be good Now I'm on my own Through the red and auburn wood To the broken stone Midnight in the swaying leaves Midnight in the field And the moon is like a sheet Covering the shield