Don't cry my love don't cry no more

A crashing sky a rolling screen

A city drowning Gods black tears

I cannot bear to see



She lay under the midnight moon

Her restless body stiring

Until the magic morning hour

Like poison it succumbs her



Her baby skin her old black dress

Her hair it twists round her necklace

Constricts and chokes like ruthless vines

To sleep she overtakes her?



Her room is painted Heron Blue

Lit by candlelight and chandelier

And from her headboard perched so high

A million dreams have passed her



Don't cry my love don't cry no more

It overwhelms my breaking heart

A minor swell of violins

I cannot bear to hear them



A mother shepherds her young birds

she fills their mouths and warms their souls

Til they are strong and good to fly

Away from her alone she'll die



Cradle on quiet old oak limbs

As heaven blue her light fails

A breath of soot into her lungs

A life, a journeys end in one