Frost leaves a sign on your window, Now you know the summer's been and gone, You wonder when you'll see another one, Where did your sweet love go? There goes the phone and the doorbell Old friends are passing on the way People stopping by just to say: How are you today? A day is very long How long can you say? How long anyway? A day is very long How long can you say? How long anyway? A day is very long Beneath the floor and the doorway We found something buried in the clay When they brought it out I looked away Been missing for so long. Old friend so-and-so was asking Have I thought of putting it all down God forbid I shouldn't be around One day myself to tell them A day is very long How long can you say? How long anyway? A day is very long How long can you say? How long anyway? A day is very long