down through the dark streets

down by old house

over the bridge

down through the dark streets

where we used to live

out by the cornfield

and the sycamore trees

down to the water

will you come

lassie please?

snow in the town square

december afternoon

christmas lights

a crescent moon

a boy selling chestnuts

roasted and brown

dropping black cinders

that hiss on the ground

you and i stand like strangers

in our hokusai clothes

like we come from some strange country

that nobody else knows

and to go where the wind blows

are just the words of thieves

so will you come with me

lassie

will you come lassie

please?

there's a place there by the river

i never showed you before

but when i'm far away

that's where i go

outside it's lamplight

high time we leave

winter-a-borning

will you come lassie

please?

the big blue sea between us

is thousands of miles

it's cruel i know

but you just have to smile

i'd be back for you

if i could just believe

that everything is right and pure

that everything is right and pure

that everything is right and pure

will you come

lassie

please?