My Only Child

[Verse 1]

My only child, be not so blind

See what you hold

There are no words, no ears, no eyes

To show them what you know

[Chorus]

Their hands are old

Their faces cold

Their bodies close to freezing, their feelings find

The morning small

Too small to fill their ways with breathing

The evening tall

[Verse 2]

My only child, remember well

The words that you are told

For some of them, it is only easy to survive

[Chorus]

Their hands are old

Their faces cold

Their bodies close to freezing, their feelings find

The morning small

The evening tall

[Verse 3]

Man and wife are feasting the time

The time that lies behind

At home, in sweetness and delight

Drinking the bitter wine

[Chorus]

Their hands are old

Their faces cold

Their bodies close to freezing, their feelings find

The morning small

The evening tall