Tell me, autumn

1. Gift me, autumn, your sky so gray,

With eyes that mourn in a sorrowful way.

Show me the beauty I’ve yet to see,

And spare me the tears of your rainy spree.

Paint me patterns of yellow and gold,

In parks where the stories of summer are told.

Show me the frost-covered lands untamed,

Where I’d wander alone, unnamed.

Chorus:

Sing me a song, autumn, of love’s sweet flight,

The one that vanished into the night.

Call back the friends who’ve gone away,

To brighten my heart, to lighten my day.

Open the door to my love so dear,

And whisper your sorrows for her to hear.

Sing me the melodies love never played,

The ones in your heart that never decayed.

2. Tell me, autumn, of blizzards’ might,

That come with the chill of the winter’s night.

And where have the birds in their flocks all flown,

Under the light of the autumn sun’s tone?

Don’t mourn the past, the summer’s hue,

Its faded beauty, though once so true.

Take me under your wing, so wide and bright,

Carry me to where there’s endless light.

Chorus:

Sing me a song, autumn, of love’s sweet flight,

The one that vanished into the night.

Call back the friends who’ve gone away,

To brighten my heart, to lighten my day.

Open the door to my love so dear,

And whisper your sorrows for her to hear.

Bring back my youth, and let it be

All that we dreamed, all we wished to see.