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 going away? Do I tell him that I've 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 clouds But I'm richer you see for the years she gave to And I'm content in the autumn of my life