[Intro]
                  

[Verse]
             
In the spring 

            
of my life  sh

         
e came to me
             
She brought su

              
nshine where w

          
inter winds ha

      
d blown
             
Then I took he

            
r for my wife 

             
in the spring 

        
of my life
            
And she brough

           
t me a joy I'd

             
 never known

[Verse]
             
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 th

             
e summer of my

    
 life
            
And in every m

           
orning sun I s

           
aw her smile

[Verse]
             
But in the aut

            
umn of my year

             
s I noticed th

  
e tears
             
And I knew tha

            
t our life was

           
 in the past
             
Though I tried

            
 to pretend I 

             
knew it was th

     
e end
            
For the autumn

           
 of my life ha

               
d come at last

[Verse]
             
Now what what 

            
do you say to 

           
a child of ten
             
How do you tel

           
l him his dadd

            
y's goin' away
             
Do I tell him 

           
that I reached

             
 the autumn of

          
 my life
            
And that he'll

           
 understand so

           
me winter's da

       
y

[Verse]
             
Now a rose can

            
't be found on

             
 a snow covere

    
d ground
             
And the sun ca

           
nnot shine thr

           
ough cloudy sk

    
ies
             
But I'm richer

            
 you see for t

             
he years she g

         
ave to me
            
And I'm conten

             
t in the autum

             
n of my life
             
But I'm richer

           
 you see for t

             
he years she g

           
ave to me
            
And I'm conten

             
t in the autum

        
n of my life