I begin to say goodnight And then I heard my child in prayer And for me some scarlet rivers Scarlet rivers flowed my way All the storms were cold and shattered All the streets were dark and bare Yet I found no scarlet rivers Not one river for her there Through the night my heart was aching Just before the dawn was breaking I'd be dead and gone again And came from future times there Valley rivers, scarlet rivers Scarlet rivers for her there If I live to be one way I shall never go one way Rainbows are blue, scarlet rivers Scarlet rivers for her there