My name is Jacob Fleet, I feel the solid world Revolve beneath my feet, I stride over plains, Through the copse And through the glade... I pace through the day
And a voice tells me 'Never stop, never stay, Don't let your shadow fade'
I scale the steeple streets, All empty but for song Wood-smoke and Sabbath meat, I pace down the lanes If I stop my shadow fades... I walk and I pray
And the wind tells me 'Oh come back home again' And the hedges began to hum And the hedges began to hum 'Never stop, never stay, Don't let your shadow fade'
My name is Jacob Fleet, I walk the golden mist Of Alabaster Street, My scant figure strays Through the lost White lilac lanes Where heavens angels prey... But I will not stop or stay, I rage into the day
And the wind tells me 'Oh come back home again' And the hedges began to hum And the hedges began to hum 'Never stop, never stay, Don't let your shadow fade.'
I saw a girl standing by a pail, I heard the tell-tale wind In the windmill sails