Life was never easy but when troubles came along

Together we could take 'em in our stride

Through the good times and the tears through all the passin' years

Night and day you'd never left my side

Now the shadows of the leaves on the grass beneath the trees

Are the only things that move across the lawn

As I stand here all alone and read the words upon the stone

I begin to realize you're really gone

Don't think it's just your troubled mind if suddenly you find

That's something brushed away the bitter tears you've cried

If you feel something touch your face and disappear without a trace

And leave a warm familiar feeling by your side

It's not the shadows of the leaves in the early autumn breeze

As they blow along the grass that's summer dried

Through the good times and the tears through the autumn of your years

Night and day I'll never leave your side

Oh the shadows of the leaves...