This old house is falling down around my ears   I'm drowning in a river of my tears   When all will is gone you hold me sway   I need you at the dimming of the day      You pull me like the moon pulls on the tide   You know just where I keep my better side       What days have come to keep us far apart   A broken promise or a broken heart   Now all the bonnie birds have wheeled away   I need you at the dimming of the day       Come the night you're only what I want   Come the night you could be my confident       I see you on the street in company   Why don't you come and ease your mind with me   I'm living for the night we steal away   I need you at the dimming of the day   I need you at the dimming of the day