When the dawn begins to creep And the light begins to peep And the morning sky lark begins to sing Just as the day is dawning I will raise my drowsy head Climb up from the make-shift bed That once we shared for a little while Before the day came dawning Oh the place is warm where once you lay Before usurping dawn and prying day Came to steal my love away Just as the day was dawning When the grass is wet with dew In the pavement peeping through And the sky is fading grey to blue Over the red sun rising I will walk these lonely streets Out to wear the city meets The hills that climb high up to the dawn Under the red sun rising And now the songbirds sing from every spray As retreating clouds go skimming on their way Night time dreams melt into day Under the red sun rising And now I turn to watch the brightness grow Stare into the blinding sun because I know I'll see you in the afterglow Under a red sun rising