Lyrics:

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 brier In the still of evening Birds fly out from behind the sun And with them I'll be leaving The fallen leaves bejewel the ground They know the art of dying And leave with joy their glad gold hearts In scarlet shadows lying When hunger calls my weary footsteps home The morning follows after I swim the seas within my mind The pine trees laugh green laughter I met a man who's name was time He said