the moon has come out tonight round as a crying eye round as a ringle of smoke from your smoke signal sky i am the oak and the maple i have covered my roots you are the dancing virginia in black leather boots come as a silver morning come as the dragonfly come as my sleeping sister through the midnight sky cover me with your fire s ashes cover me with your midnight veil cover me with your smoky river cover me dancing virginia there s a pain in my side and it s killing me there s a field of crows now a black sea and i have called upon the hills and i have called upon the soil and they have screamed in my ear where s your heart boy cover me with your fire s ashes cover me with your midnight veil cover me with your smoky river cover me dancing virginia ooooooh your moon has come out tonight round as a crying eye round as a ringlet of smoke from your smoke signal sky come as a silver morning come as a dragonly come as my sleeping sister through the midnight sky cover me with your fire s ashes cover me with your midnight veil cover me with your smoky river cover me dancing virginia cover me with your revelation cover me with your sorrow s tale cover me with your holy water cover me dancing virginia the gray elephant folds of adventure the blue oasis of meditation the feathered touch of a sleepy afternoon beneath the tent of a palmetto haven and i m rising upwards from my feet as children run side by side with their elation oooooh 