Tonight inside the orchard south of town
The petals are still falling and the moon
Is tangled in the branches
The lilac wind where no one goes
Is rolling every new leaf over
Every new leaf over
Every new leaf over into ruin 

Nothing I have known
Have I known too very long
In every love the passing comfort
At the bottom of a glass
And I burned all my old letters
But they could not keep me warm
Reading each one by the light
Each one by the light
Each one by the light of the last 

I've been all around
This big and broken world
I've been loved and I've been lost
So many times before
But all that midnight wonder
And every jackknife turn
Brought me nearer oh my love
Nearer oh my love
Nearer oh my love to your door 

And so tonight I saw the orchard south of town
And it came to me that I'll be leaving soon
Oh and though it hurts me
Still I know that lilac wind
Is rolling every new leaf over
Every new leaf over
Every new leaf over into bloom