Standard (EADGBE)

Verse

Time, time, time, see what's become of me

While I looked around

For my possibilities

I was so hard to please

Chorus

But look around, leaves are brown

And the sky is a hazy shade of winter

Verse

Hear the salvation army band

Down by the riverside, it's bound to be a better ride

Than what you've got planned

Carry your cup in your hand

Chorus

And look around you, leaves are brown now

And the sky is a hazy shade of winter

Verse

Hang on to your hopes, my friend

That's an easy thing to say, but if your hopes should pass away

Then simply pretend

That you can build them again

Chorus

Look around, the grass is high

The fields are ripe, it's the springtime of my life

Bridge

Ahhh, 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 slips while looking over manuscripts

Of unpublished rhyme

Drinking my vodka and lime

Chorus

I look around, leaves are brown now

And the sky is a hazy shade of winter

Outro

Look around, leaves are brown

There's a patch of snow on the ground