I shut my eyes

and all the world drops 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,

And arbitrary blackness gallops in:

I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.

 

I dreamed that you

bewitched me into bed

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.)