The Bird in the Gravel

I was dreaming in the steam room

Everything was so clear for a minute

And I thought...

And the dripping tiles and...

And I said I'll confess everything

Yes. I own this land

I own these forests surrounding my

...my estate

This is my tea coming

Everything I can - I confess

Bend

Now I have the bend

The best I ever

Place the tea just so

Then release and turn

Oh no not yet

Then release and turn

Turn away then go （I was walking through the forest） Better try again

Looking at me he's （I was walking through the forest） Wait 'til tomorrow Don't want him to know

Next time he orders tea Release and turn （I had this funny feeling）

Turn and limp away （ Something was going to change）

Turn and limp away （I was walking through the dry leaves）

Turn and limp away （It was very strange）

They hadn't changed their colour

All the leaves were green

I don't mind when it's over

I don't mind when it's all done

It's just the moments in between

Just before it's gone

Something's going to happen

Something's going to change

I know I know I know...

And when autumn comes

Well, there's lots of work to do

that means you

Time to clean the kettles

And the pots on the wall

Pickling and preserving

All the vegetables

Stop kicking the apples

Are we pickling this year?

Yes-you know we are

And when autumn comes

Well, there's lots of work to do

Bill - that means you

Time to get the twigs up

You know, all those stick things

Time to trim back the roses

So next year even more grow

Does it hurt them to do that?

Does it hurt them? no

And when autumn comes

Well, deliveries start to go

Here he is now

Down into the valley

To the market he goes

Down along the tiny roads

That wind along the vineyards

And people lean on their rakes

And they say hello

Hello there Francesco !

Francesco there hello !

And those are my swans

Believe me...

There's no light

And there isn't because...

It's so dark

Because it's so dark

Because it's so dark

Because it's so dark

I was walking through the dry leaves

It was very strange

The leaves fell without changing

No yellows and no reds

Something's going to happen （Now I have the bend）

Something's going to change （Place the tea just so）

And just then as I looked up （Then release and turn ）

（Oh not yet）

I remembered what you said

（Turn away then go）

I'm crying because I love you （Wait until tomorrow）

（He's looking at me）

I know that things must change （Wait until tomorrow）

（Don't want him to know）

I can't be there when you leave （Next time…）

（Time he orders tea）

What if you're afraid? (Release and turn)

（ Turn and limp away…）

You said something about the leaving. （ Turn and limp away…）

（ Turn and limp away…）

The moments in between. （ Turn and limp away…）

(Turn away just go)

The yawning when the world shifts (Turn away just go)

(Just go... )

The clanging of the trains. (Just go... )

(Just go... )

And a dog sits up and growls

And a cow begins to bawl

And a nun nearby stops to listen

Cross herself and then move on

I was laughing in the forest

I fell down in the leaves

And I watched the trees above me

Crossing in the breeze

I love the bare branches

I love the healing bells

The bareness in the last sun

The greyness and the gold

And a flock of geese flew over

And I laughed harder still

I laughed 'til I was heaving

Then everything was still