Autumn time is getting closer
Soon green leaves will start to fade
Dripping rain they'll start a-falling
Summer's gone and past away

Children's hopes are like green leaves
They soon fade and tumble down
Come to rest in that lonesome valley
Where they never can again be found
That lonesome valley's name is sadness
Flowers they are coloured blue
Autumn leaves are coloured sorrow
There's not many left to fall

Children's hopes are like green leaves...

Winds played rain will be the music
Played upon those falling leaves
Played deep within that frost white valley
Summer's gone and past away

Children's hopes are like green leaves...