Drifting flowing sinking smiling sliding
The drowning, autumn,
Leaves that dance of owls and baby rabbits
The drowning autumn
Leaves and loves and ships that shun their harbours
Are shedding all their leaves.
The drowning, autumn

Leave the leaves that scatter underfoot.
Turn up the calming collar of your coat.
The leaves that swirl and beat against your legs are brown and dead now and
There's life in the pale lights up ahead

Drifting flowing sinking smiling sliding
The drowning, autumn,
Leaves that live to dance in gusts of breath
The drowning autumn
Leaves and loves and ships that shun their harbours
Are shedding all their leaves.
The drowning, autumn

Leaving the chilled thoughtfulness inside
Brushing the cracked leaves and vines aside
Your chilled brown eyes are downturned and the wind hisses anger at its
Warm deceiving cousin heaving life into your breast

Drifting flowing sinking smiling sliding
The drowning, autumn,
Leaves that dance to rid themselves of tears
The drowning autumn
Leaves and loves and ships that shun their harbours
Are shedding all their leaves.
The drowning, autumn

Drops of moist regrets
That sell themselves to nothing else
And your calming collar's come to call
Its covers coming home
And your crackling brown repentances
Are clinging at your legs
And you're running for the lights of life
With spirit somewhere else

Dragging flapping twisting gripping screaming
The drowning, autumn
Leaves that dance to grasp a hold of thought
The drowning, autumn
Leaves and loves and ships that seek their harbours
The drowning, autumn
Leaves.
The drowning, autumn,
Leaves