[Verse 1] If you were coming in the fall I’d brush the summer by With half a smile and half a spurn As housewives do a fly [Pre-Chorus] If I could see you in a year I’d wind the months away [Chorus] If you were coming in the fall I’d brush the summer by If you were coming in the fall Oh~~ I would not ask why But now I cannot tell The reach of time’s dark wing It goads me like the bee That will not name its sting [instrumental break] [Verse 2] If only centuries delayed I’d count them on my hand Subtracting till my fingers dropped Into Van Diemen’s land [Chorus] If you were coming in the fall I’d brush the summer by If you were coming in the fall Oh~~ I would not ask why But now I cannot tell The reach of time’s dark wing It goads me like the bee That will not name its sting [Bridge] But now I do not know The sting of time’s dark wing [Final Chorus] Oh~~ oh~~ If you were coming in the fall I’d brush the summer by If you were coming in the fall Oh~~ I would not ask why [Outro] If you were coming in the fall Oh~~ If you were coming in the fall
