night on the hillside

a path of diamonds in the velvet sky
out in the bush we look above in awe
the magic is apparent to each eye

nightbirds alarming as they pass us by
shocking the silence every raucous caw
a path of diamonds in the velvet sky

the world in calm and stillness does not lie
we hear near us the skittering of small paw
the magic is apparent to each eye

the brilliant stars are so clear and so high
we will on them the shapes of mouth and claw
a path of diamonds in the velvet sky

the old man is amazed we are so spry
his wisdom is summed up in an old saw
the magic is apparent to each eye

we've learned the things that no one can deny
and find we're subject to a constant law
a path of diamonds in the velvet sky
the magic is apparent to each eye