The Elf Lyrics - Al Stewart

I sat upon the Evening Hill 

The shadows set, the night grew still 

And as I sat, guitar on knee 

A voice of flowers called to me 

Sing, sing to me your song 

Sing, for I belong to the night 

In the grey morning light 

I'll be gone 

I turned with eyes that strained for sight 

And there amid the failing light 

Dimly saw a figure small 

Heard a voice of magic call 

Sing, sing to me your song 

Sing, for I belong to the night 

In the grey morning light 

I'll be gone 

My fumbling fingers found the chords 

My trembling lips fought for the words 

I stopped to ask the stranger how 

He softly said, no questions now 

But sing, sing to me your song 

Sing, for I belong to the night 

In the grey morning light 

I'll be gone 

Then with the magic of the elves 

My fingers danced among themselves 

A heart with lightness thus endowed 

Formed melodies I know not how 

Song, played the whole night long 

Thus he danced and clapped through the night 

And with grey morning light 

He was gone 

Now whispering wind plays o'er the hill 

And the evening sounds again grow still 

A year or more has passed since then 

Oh, he will not pass my way again 

And so I sing, sing to you my song 

Sing, for I belong to the night 

In the grey morning light 

I'll be gone 

So I sing, sing to you my song 

Sing, for I belong to the night 

In the grey morning light 

I'll be gone