[Verse 1] And in the distance could be heard What might have been a whispered word I thought I heard a sighing too And instantly I follow you [Verse 2] Just beyond and further still A shadow of a larger hill Moves between me and my view And interrupts my thought of you [Verse 3] Then I see a rotten fly Across my view into the sky I thought perhaps he somehow knew Why he appeared instead of you [Verse 4] A silent owl just floated by The moon black in the summer sky And I'm still here beneath this tree Wondering when you'll speak to me [Instrumental Bridge] [Outro] Wondering when you'll speak to me