Francoise Hardy - Soon Is Slipping Away lyrics

when crinkled brown leaves of autumn lay soft upon the ground waiting for the winter wind to blow them all around I can hear your last words as you turned across the hill grieve you not, the way you do I'll be home with you, soon but soon is slipping away my love like a shadow on a windy sea I was hoping that I'd hear you say by now you're coming back to me soon is slipping away my sweet and there's still not a word to say I was hoping that I'd hear you cry my love you're coming back to stay remember summers sapwood that burns now in my grate with flicker flames that seem to say unwise you are to wait I recall your last words as you walked into the sun grieve you not, the way you do I'll be home with you, soon but soon is slipping away my love like a shadow on a windy sea I was hoping that I'd hear you say by now you're coming back to me soon is slipping away my sweet and there's still not a word to say I was hoping that I'd hear you cry my love you're coming home to stay