First Sign of Spring

This just isn’t what I expected
Nothing like my weatherman predicted
I’d have brought my umbrella if I thought it would rain
It’s the first sign of spring

I got a bumblebee in my blue bonnet
In fields of wildflowers with your name on it
Can’t you hear the wind boy, it’s whispering
The first sign of spring

I spent my winter with a broken wing
Broke & down I can’t fix a thing
But like the robin, I can sing
At the first sign of spring

Brown boys walking down the street
No shirts on their backs, no shoes on their feet
Hanging around the corner looking for change
For the first sign of spring

Strangers coming into this town
To be washed in the water and float on down
Lost sunglasses for the offering
For the first sign of spring

Baby, how does your garden grow
With the laughter of children o’re the seeds you sew
Birth and rebirth are a painful thing
Like the first sign of spring