When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky [Original Version]

If you look out across the fields, see me returning
Smoke gets in your eyes, you draw a smile
From the fireplace where now my letters to you are burning
You’ve had time to think about it for a while
I’ve walked two hundred miles, now look me over
It’s the end of the chase and the moon is high
It don’t matter who loves who
Either you’ll love me or I’ll love you
When the night comes falling from the sky
I can see through your walls and I know you’re hurting
Sorrow covers you up like a cape
Only yesterday I know that you’ve been flirting
With disaster that you somehow managed to escape
I can’t provide for you no easy answers
Who are you that I should have to lie?
You know everything my love
Down below and up above
When the night comes falling from the sky
I can hear your trembling heart beat like a river
And recently you thought you’d seen it all
But you’re disappointed now by those who did not deliver
But it was you who set yourself up for a fall
I’ve seen thousands who could have overcome the darkness
For the love of a lousy buck, I’ve watched them die
Stick around, baby, we’re not through
Don’t look for me, I’ll see you
When the night comes falling from the sky
In your teardrops, I can see my own reflection
Luck was with me when I crossed the border line
I don’t want to be a fool that’s starving for affection
I don’t want to drown in someone else’s wine
For all eternity I think I will remember
That whirlpool of life that’s in your eye
You will seek me and you’ll find me
In the wasteland of your mind
When the night comes falling from the sky
But I give to you my heart like buried treasure
That suffering seems to fit you like a glove
I’m so tired of those who use forbidden pleasure
Who think they’ve got a monopoly on love
Well this time I’m asking for freedom
Freedom from a world which you deny
And you’ll give it to me now
Or I’ll take it anyhow
When the night comes falling from the sky