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 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 noticed the tears And I knew our life was in the past Though I tried to pretend, 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 going away? Do I tell him that I reached the autumn of my life And that he’ll understand some winter’s day?
Now the rose can’t be found on a snow covered ground And the Sun can not shine through cloudy skies But I’m richer you see for the years she gave to me And I’m content in the autumn of my life