A Strange Wild Leaf

I went in the forest to look for a song
Fortune to tell and thought to refine
My green valentine, my green valentine
What do I know of my green valentine?

I found a strange white leaf on a vine
Shaped like a heart and as green as was mine
My green valentine, my green valentine
How did I use my green valentine?

Bodies of known and visions of same
Leaves that I gathered as I gathered this green valentine
Valentine
Valentine
My green valentine
My green valentine
Thus did I use my green valentine

Mad houses and jade houses where I shined
Empty apartment beds where I find
Old desolate rooms, my green valentine
Where is the heart in which you were out of mind?

Souls and nights and dollars and wine
Old love and remembrance are resigned
Old cities, all jazz, all echoes of time
But what shall I do with my green valentine?

Much have I seen and much am I blind
But none other than I, has a leaf of this kind
Where shall I send you, to what knowing mind
My green valentine, my green valentine

Yesterday's love
Tomorrow's more fun
All tonight's sadness in your design
What does this mean, my green valentine?
Regrets, oh regrets, my green valentine