Letter in the Rain

The morning bright and still has laid a frost across the hill
And the glory of it takes my breath away
The birdsong in the trees floating on the ghost of a breeze
Says, "You're lucky to be a creature alive today"
The rosy-fingered dawn is changing color in the east
Like in ancient days, we'll never see again

Once we were together, that I do remember
All the rest is like a letter in the rain

So I go to check my snares, see what night caught unawares
I take the path along the creek again
In the garden of delight, a snake slithered into sight
So we left Eden and headed for the plain

Day by day and night by night, she didn't leave my side
Now she never wants to see my face again

Once we spoke in love's low tongue, all the bells at midnight rung
All the rest is like a letter in the rain

There's a river somewhere up around the bend
When it hurts, that river's always been my friend

The frost has gone now from the hill, like a vision in a dream
You never know when glory will come again

I remember her dark stare and a braid of nut-brown hair
All the rest is just a letter in the rain