Leaves That Are Green

I was twenty-one years when I wrote this song

I'm twenty-two now but I won't be for long

Time hurries onAnd the leaves that are green turn to brown

And they wither with the wind

And they crumble in your handOnce my heart was filled with the love of a girl

I held her close, but she faded in the night

Like a poem I meant to writeAnd the leaves that are green turn to brown

And they wither with the wind

And they crumble in your handI threw a pebble in a brook

And watched the ripples run away

And they never made a soundAnd the leaves that are green turned to brown

And they wither with the wind

And they crumble in your handHello, hello, hello, hello

Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

That's all there is

And the leaves that are green turned to brown