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