Dawn's Lace

I.
I have held you in the morning
Summer dew and white lace dawning

I have held you in the starlight
Sweetly caressed by June's first moon bright

I have laid you within my heart
Tiny fingers rolling in the green grass

I have whispered your name a thousand times
Sworn to search if we should part

Be with me in light and darkness
Speak to me with words of hope
Turn away from woe and sorrow
For we can face every tomorrow

She comes to me erose and violet
Snowblind trails and winter lilacs

She brings with her a love that shines
Like morning icedrops on the pines

She comes to me a wind of needles
Silver shear ripples trace each footfall

She lights a candle at my bedside
Flesh glow flicker glow golden glow

Speak to me with lover's sighs
Speak to me with hoarfrost eyes
Speak to me through endless silence
Speak to me above the violence


II.
And won’t somebody pick up that phone before my head begins to crack on the dirt on the rug knocked over by the cactus when I turned up the amp and the drummer just got in and the couch had to be moved.

And won’t somebody pick up that phone because the service industry is on the line and the way they call these days is by using the London telephone exchange.



III.
She comes within the way she comes
she comes and walks away

Within each stride hummingbirds bloom

Within each bloom babies breath flutters

I.
I have held you in the morning
Summer dew and white lace dawning

I have held you in the starlight
Sweetly caressed by June's first moon bright

I have laid you in my heart
Tiny fingers rolling in the green grass

I have whispered your name a thousand times
Sworn to search if we should part

Be with me in light and darkness
Speak to me with words of hope
Turn away from woe and sorrow
For we can face every tomorrow