Hazy Shade of Winter

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

While I looked around for my possibilities

I was so hard to please
Look around
Leaves are brown

And the sky is a hazy shade of winter

Hear the Salvation Army band

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

Than what you had planned

Carry your cup in your hand

Look around
Leaves are brown

And the sky is a hazy shade of winter
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

Look around 
Grass is high 
Fields are ripe

It's the springtime of my life

Ah, 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Funny how my memory slips while looking over manuscripts of unpublished rhyme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

Look around, 
Leaves are brown

And the sky is a hazy shade of winter
Look around, 
Leaves are brown

There's a patch of snow on the ground