IN THE SPRING

OF MY LIFE

SHE CAME TO ME

SHE BROUGHT SUNSHINE

WHERE WINTER WINDS

HAD BLOWN

THEN I TOOK HER

FOR MY WIFE

IN THE SPRING OF MY LIFE

AND SHE BROUGHT ME

A JOY

I'D NEVER KNOWN

AND THE YEARS

THEY WENT BY

IN THE SPRING OF MY LIFE

AND IN SUMMER

SHE BLESSED ME

WITH A CHILD

LOVE CONTINUED

TO GROW

IN THE SUMMER

OF MY LIFE

AND IN EVERY

MORNING SUN

I SAW HER SMILE

BUT IN THE AUTUMN

OF MY YEARS

I NO TICED THE TEARS

AND I KNEW

THAT OUR LIFE

WAS IN THE PAST

THOUGH I TRIED

TO PRE TEND

I KNEW IT WAS THE END

FOR THE AUTUMN

OF MY LIFE

HAD COME AT LAST

NOW WHAT

WHAT DO YOU SAY

TO A CHILD OF TEN

HOW DO YOU TELL HIM

HIS DADDY'S

GO IN' A WAY

DO I TELL HIM THAT I

REACHED THE AUTUMN

OF MY LIFE

AND THAT HE'LL

UN DER STAND

SOME WIN TER'S DAY

NOW A ROSE

CAN'T BE FOUND

ON A

SNOW- COVERED

GROUND

AND THE SUN

CAN NOT SHINE

THROUGH CLOU DY SKIES

BUT I'M RICHER YOU SEE

FOR THE YEARS

SHE GAVE TO ME

AND I'M CONTENT

IN THE AUTUMN

OF MY LIFE