Lyrics

Yellow Leaves (2018) for Aileen

Yellow leaves
Sapphire sky
Where the river runs among the cottonwoods

Asters bloom
Long grass sways
And the seed heads burst, float their parachutes..

Sailing off to the mountains
Snow-capped peaks
where the ghosts know your face
Floating off in the sunshine
Golden sunshine
I always think of you
as they fall
Yellow leaves

Harvest days
Lamp-lit nights
Gather close to share songs of long-ago

Call your name
Grief and praise
Reach across the veil for a moment, then..

You sail off to the mountains
Snow-capped peaks
Where my memories remain
Floating off in the shadows
Moonlit shadows
I will remember you
once again
when they fall
Yellow leaves