The Mountain by Elizabeth Bishop Lyrics

I thought I was deep enough in the fog that you couldn't see me following

Just a hint, a breath of me and you start

I thought I was better than that but I don't know my age

Even now, on the phone, my mom tells me I have old behind my eyes

And I say what eyes? What eyes, mom

Tell me how old I am

I don't mean to complain

And they say it is my fault

And nobody tells me anything

But they love me, echoingly

Tell me how old I am

You think I'm somewhere in the fog

But I just am the fog

And I don't know my age

He murmurs, "My, my, what a sky." And then he says "Thank you." And then he says "Bathe me in the electric lights

Oh, children

Oh, children