When autumn comes around
What to do about October
How to smile behind a frown?
It's hard to settle down

It's so bemusing
Will they cancel the parade?
We marched each October
Now they say we were never even saved
We must be very brave

     Shall I rewrite or revise
     My October symphony?
     Or as an indication
     Change the dedication
     From revolution to revelation?

So we're all drinking
As leaves fall to the ground
Because we've been thinking
How October's let us down
Then and now

Shall we remember
December instead?
Or worry about February?
Mourn our war-torn dead
Never seeing red?

     Shall I rewrite or revise
     My October symphony?
     Or as an indication
     Change the dedication
     From revolution to revelation