October Song

I'll sing you my October song

There is no song before it

The words and tune are not my own

My joy and sorrow bore it

Beside the sea the brambly briar

In the still of evenin'

Birds fly out from behind the sun

And with them I'll be leavin'

The fallen leaves that jewel the ground

They know the art of dyin'

And leave with joy their glad gold hearts

In scarlet shadows leavin' (???)

When hunger calls my weary footsteps home

The mornin' follows after

I swim the seas within my mind

The pine trees laugh green laughter

I met a man whose name was Time

He said, "I must be goin'"

But just how long ago that was

I have no way of knowin'

Sometimes I could murder time

When my heart is achin'

But mostly I just like to stroll along

The path that he is takin'