Autumn Leaves Revisited

The leaves will fall And so will you When you do, bury me under them too Seconds pass; we'll make it through Eventually we all go home It won't be long It won't be long We walk along the wire tied between horizons You close your eyes like it's nothing at all Throughout the rise and fall, everything, everything Changes, I will be here when you die It won't be long It won't be long Until we find our way home Did you hear the trumpets play the day your father died? Did a violin swell those circles under your eyes? Did you play the part straight, like a marcher? Get lost in the beat, thinking and feeling Did the drums in the streets make the people dance? Or fall to their knees as the sound? Knock the leaves from the trees As they fall from the branch, they look beautiful As they hung in the air Spinning around Did you float in the air? Spinning around There must be somewhere that cigarettes burn through the night And the leaves don't abandon their trees to the light Where the sky's always clear And the summer never ends Won't you take me there? The leaves will fall So will you When you do, bury me Under them too Seconds pass; we'll make it through Eventually we all are going home