Verse 
C 
  The evenings of Damask are falling 
                                                   G C 
The youth of truth chest feeds a starling with his heart 

C 
 A chosen man begged by the wayside 
                                               G C 
A horse came soon and died before him and said eat 

C 
 The icy claws of earth are crawling 
                                            G C 
Upon my baby's brow and calling please come home 

C 
 The boy unlike the man was smiling 
                                                     G C 
For gulleys, streams and hills would hide him like a swan 

C 
 A vagabond, a weaver warrior 
                                               G C 
Produced a loom, a cheese and chopper and said choose 

C 
 My sandled feet are fleet like water 
                                                 G C 
I kiss the limbs of Earthless daughter, a little tree 

Outro 
C        G C 
 Lye-dye-dye 

C        G C 
 Lye-die-die 

C        G C 
 Lye-die-die