This old house is falling down around my ears
  I'm drowning in a river of my tears
  When all my will is gone you hold me sway
  I need you at the dimming of the day
    You pulled me like the moon
  pulls on the tide
  You know just where I keep my better side
    What days have come to keep us far apart
  A broken promise or a broken heart
  Now all the bonny birds have wheeled away
  I need you at the dimming of the day
    Come the night you're only what I want
  Come the night you could be my confidant
    I see you the street and in company
  Why don't you come and rest your mind with me
  I'm living for the night we steal away
  I need you at the dimming of the day
  I need you at the dimming of the day...