[Verse 1] I don't get summer's idiot grin And winter's shoulder is cold But most of the long years I've seen Have three autumns all told [Verse 2] The first one comes as a carnival Summer I'm hotter than you Throws leaves like money at a mall Smokes like some sweet funeral Colors the bright wet view [Chorus] The birch trees start the dance in style They've got their glad rags on They cry but just for a little while The tears fall once and are gone [Verse 3] But just when everything is humming Take cover if you can That tall dark second autumn's coming And he's cold like a righteous man [Chorus] He'll turn your daughters pale and old Steal the eggs from your summer nests His soldiers blow trumpets of gold And they're coming through the mist [Outro] The sky is wearing someone's shroud And I can't see a thing Then I understand it clear and loud As the wind rips it and death leaps out This is the end of everything
