I

shut

my

eyes

 

and all the world d r o p s dead;

 

• I lift my lids
• and all is born again

(I think I made you up inside my head.)

 

The stars

go waltzing
     out
        in blue and red,

 

1. And arbitrary
2. blackness gallops in:
3. I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.

 

I dreamed

that you bewitched me and sung me moon-struck, kissed me quite insane. (I think I made you up inside my head.)

 

God topples

from the sky hell's fires fade:

• Exit seraphim
• and Satan's men

I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead. I fancied you'd return the way you said,
But I grow old and I forget your name.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)

 

I should have loved

a thunderbird instead;

At least when spring comes they roar back again. I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead. (I think I made you up inside my head.)