I

•     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.)

       II

1.     The stars go waltzing out
2.         in blue
3.           and red,
4.             And arbitrary blackness
5.                gallops in:

         I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.

       III

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.)

       IV

•     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.

       V

     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.)

       VI

         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.)