When the winter comes the sun is low upon the fields 
The sky is cold and it throws down icy snow 
The lakes are glass the rivers all a frozen mass 
The trees are bare and the north wind blows the air 

But the children dance and sing as if the time were spring 
When the seasons change everything
They find a joy in what it brings 

Then the sun comes high
And the spring rains come and go 
The summer air so hot it melts the Russian snow 
The fields are brown
There's no rain to make them grow 
And the old ones sigh,
The heat has made them tired and slow 

But the children dance and sing as if the time were spring 
When the seasons change everything
They find a joy in what it brings 
The children dance and sing as if the time were spring 
When the seasons change everything
They find a joy in what it brings 

September leaves are falling through the autumn haze 
And the school bells tell everyone
There'll be no more summer days 
Warm nights are gone,
All the leaves are turning brown 
Then the windows close again
When the winter comes around 

But the children dance and sing as if the time were spring 
When the seasons change everything
They find a joy in what it brings 
So I will laugh and dance
And watch the children sing 
Then I will have the chance of finding joy in everything