Lost my little girl to the foxes Found her dress hanging on the briar Suspended like a fruit beneath its collar A tuft of fur as red as autumn fire The hen house in the yard was torn to splinters Nothing left but feathers, bones, and blood And by the shallow pool in the meadow A trail of pawprints lead into the wood So if you're running through the rain And the sun shines in the sky Keep running till that light is gone And if they catch you by the eye And smile their wicked smiles Keep running till you pass the dawn I followed their tracks into the darkness Running blind through aspen, oak, and pine Running blind through aspen, oak, and pine Foxfire strewn like breadcrumbs in a line If you fall down to the ground So if you're running through the rain And you fall down to all fours Remember what you're running from So deep under the ground Remember me and run, run, run! And in a clearing in the forest And in a clearing in the forest My daughter, a foxbride in the sunlight Her fur was wet with rain her face with tears So if you wear your wedding dress for that charlatan in red Then you're already lost, lost, lost Then you're already lost, lost, lost Don't let them steal another daughter away Don't let them steal another daughter away