Evening Hymns - Spectral Dusk lyrics

You would sit by yourself at the end of the day Watching spectral dusk settle in on Mazinaw Lake And the water turns to gla** And the moon hangs on the bay And the smoke from your pipe's drifting up and away There's a hole in the fence where the property ends And I'd like to think that you're living up there In that place on the bend, where the river flows slow And your strength it comes back to you when you're breathing in the air Oh, please come back to me I need you if I'm to be a man Oh, I'm not doing that well That is just what I tell my friends You would sit all day long because you could not stand The thought of going out like that You had a depth in your eyes that I won't understand Till d**h's at my door, and I'm a family man Oh, please come back to me I need you if I'm to be a man Oh, I'm not doing that well That is just what I tell my friends I find peace, here and there, when silent snows are falling Like that calm before the water boils, and the kettle comes a calling