There are last year's leaves scattered on the ground
Like countless letters of tan and brown
I remember when they were drifting down
As I walk this path through the evening woods
There are muddy tracks of doe and fawn
A flash of fox that was here and gone
I can sense the souls of those who've passed on
As I walk this path through the evening woods
May I sing tonight like a whippoorwill
As the sun sinks low behind the hill
May I find some peace when the world goes still
As I walk this path through the evening woods
The trees draw a circle in a canopy
Like a cloud of ancestors gathering
Nodding and smiling and whispering
On this path through the evening woods
We were both like new roses on the stem
And the world was still one big shining gem
But oh we were so much younger then
When we walked this path through the evening woods
I was born to be a restless soul
May I lean where love leads me to go
May I ever be mindful of what I'll never know
As I walk this path through the evening woods
