chilling of the evening

arlo guthrie

warm me from the wind and take my hand

a song is sounding

softly singing

my song is cast upon the rainbow waves

forever splashing in the sunlight

prove to me there's a love still left

in all of this emptiness all around me

take me from the chilling of the evening

though you know my love that i must go

a-following the winds that blow inside me

i've nowhere left to run or hide

except if you will come and run beside me

and even if you do there'll be a lot for us to do

to keep believing

take me from the chilling of the evening

and now my time has come down many streets

i'm coming from a night decaying

the song that itself sings is all alone

i cannot even hear it playing

now to leave before i understand

just what it is i know i'm leaving

take me from the chilling of the evening