Tonight inside the orchard south of town The petals are still falling and the moon Is tangled in the branches The lilac wind where no one goes Is rolling every new leaf over Every new leaf over Every new leaf over into ruin Nothing I have known Have I known too very long In every love the passing comfort At the bottom of a glass And I burned all my old letters But they could not keep me warm Reading each one by the light Each one by the light Each one by the light of the last I've been all around This big and broken world I've been loved and I've been lost So many times before But all that midnight wonder And every jackknife turn Brought me nearer oh my love Nearer oh my love Nearer oh my love to your door And so tonight I saw the orchard south of town And it came to me that I'll be leaving soon Oh and though it hurts me Still I know that lilac wind Is rolling every new leaf over Every new leaf over Every new leaf over into bloom