Lady Catherine lights a window
In her castle by the sea
For the sailors lost in darkness
In the depths of mystery.

Lady Madleine drinks her coffee
from a gentle china cup
In her guestroom by the piano
Dreams and memories wake up

Lady Evelyn writes a letter
By the fire in a chair
Turns her head back with a feeling
There is something new out there.

Then the gates of midnight open
So completely far away
And the birds weep in the forest
for the death of  one more day

They are coming from the desert
And their dresses light and dust
Secret thoughts and ghostly feelings
Restless dwellers of the past

I am all too well familiar
With the manners of your kind
Keeping devils in your pianos
And your china still and fine
 
And the three come to their windows
When it suddenly gets cold
The eternal starlight pouring
On the ordinary world