Have you ever read the books you burn Have you seen the man in the moon Show a driver a blur of green Grass he'll say, but has he seen Last night late from work I met a girl who asked these things She seemed to be A whisper on the wind The fragrance of memories past Made me cry out loud at last The dry leaves whirled the air Made me ask for what I care! And for the moment I was free again The life I led Was emptied from my head Strange life is this That light shines in From another's heart One can be reborn