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In the Spring of my life, she came to me. |
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She brought sunshine where winter winds had blown. |
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Then I took her for my wife, in the spring of my life |
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and she brought me a joy I never known. |
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And the years, they went by in the spring of my life. |
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And in summer, she blessed me with a child. |
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Love continued to grow, in the summer of my life |
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and in every morning sun I saw her smile. |
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But in the autumn of my years, I noticed the tears |
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and I knew our life was in the past. |
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Though I tried to pretend, I knew it was the end. |
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For the autumn of my life had come at last. |
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Now what, what do you say to a child of ten? |
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How do you tell him his daddy's going away? |
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Do I tell him that I reached the autumn of my life |
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and that he'll understand some winter's day? |
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Now the rose can't be found on a snow covered ground. |
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and the Sun can not shine through cloudy skys. |
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But I'm richer you see for the years she gave to me |
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and I'm content in the autumn of my life. |