A cloud of eiderdown Draws around me Softening a sound Sleepy time, and I lie With my love by my side And she's breathing low And the candle dies When night comes down You lock the door The book falls to the floor As darkness falls The waves roll by The seasons change The wind is wry Now wakes the awl Now sleeps the swan Behold the dream The dream is gone Green fields are calling It's falling, in a golden door And deep beneath the ground The early morning sounds And I go down Sleepy time, and I lie With my love by my side And she's breathing low And I rise, like a bird In the haze, when the first rays Touch the sky And the night wings die