I was twenty-one years
when I wrote this song
I'm twenty-two now
but I won't be for long
Time hurries on
And the leaves
that are green
turn to brown
And they wither
with the wind
And they crumble
in your hand
Once 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 write
And the leaves
that are green
turn to brown
And they wither
with the wind
And they crumble
in your hand
I threw a pebble
in a brook
And watched the
ripples run away
And they never
made a sound
And the leaves
that are green
turned to brown
And they wither
with the wind
And they crumble
in your hand
Hello Hello
Hello Hello
Good-bye
Good-bye
Good-bye
Good-bye
That's all there is
And the leaves
that are green
turned to brown