black cloud running through the night black cloud running high a farm boy goes to comb his hair coming to see me now have you seen his eyes so grey and the scar running down his face greetings to you stormy one a swan in a rooster s place cast out from the lake la la la la la julie ann said she saw you out with you black shirt tucked in but then gain you could be hiding out in the old ruins again where you d say dark s the heart of men la la la la curtains rustle in the night house flies gather in a field cast your gaze down old glass eyes o er what you see but cannot feel though you re lost now don t despair cus you re never lost to me there s a place where dark woods meet and one day i ll find you there because it s a place we share black cloud running through the night black cloud running high see him there in my mind s eye reflected in the sky one day we ll take flight la la la la la