Time,
 Time, see what's become of me
 While I looked around for my possibilities.

 I was so hard to please.
 Look around,
 Leaves are brown,
 And the sky is a hazy shade of winter.

 Hear the Salvation Army band.
 Down by the riverside's
 Bound to be a better ride
 Than what you've got planned.

 Carry your cup in your hand.
 And look around.
 Leaves are brown.
 And the sky is a hazy shade of winter.

 Hang on to your hopes, my friend.
 That's an easy thing to say,
 But if your hopes should pass away
 Simply pretend that you can build them again.
 Look around,
 The grass is high,
 The fields are ripe,
 It's the springtime of my life.

 Seasons change with the scenery;
 Weaving time in a tapestry.
 Won't you stop and remember me
 At any convenient time?
 Funny how my memory skips
 Looking over manuscripts
 Of unpublished rhyme.

 Drinking my vodka and lime,
 I look around,
 Leaves are brown,
 And the sky is a hazy shade of winter