Lyrics

The Long Twilight
©2015 T.G. Vanini

Now is the long twilight of the year
Slowly fading
Deeply shading
Yes and all is acalm and aglow
And galaxies of asters making bright the golden ground
And there by the red red bell of the flower of the bee-balm
Two there hover
Drawn together
One more time

Fare you well my dear
Said the hummingbird to the dragonfly
You’ll no more hear me humming by
Fare you well my dear
For now’s the hour that I must go
I’m on my way to Mexico
Fare you well my dear
There’s one I know who’ll meet me there
I have another life to share

And now is the long twilight of the year ...

Fare you well then go
Said the dragonfly to the hummingbird
I find your journey quite absurd
Fare you well then go
In this enchanted place I’ll stay
It’s here I’ll flit my life away
Fare you well then go
For I am more the fleeting kind
The gone before the left behind

And now is the long twilight of the year...