I was twenty one years
when I wrote this song
I'm twenty two now
but I won't be for long
Time hurries on
And the leaves that are green
turn to brown
And they wither with the wind
And they crumble in your hand
Once my heart was filled
with the love of a girl
I held her close
but she faded in the night
Like a poem I meant to write
And the leaves that are green
turn to brown
And they wither with the wind
And they crumble in your hand
I threw a pebble in a brook
And watched the ripples run away
And they never made a sound
And the leaves that are green
turned to brown
And they wither with the wind
And they crumble in your hand
Hello Hello Hello Hello
Good bye Good bye
Good bye Good bye
That's all there is
And the leaves that are green
turned to brown
I was twenty one years
when I wrote this song
I'm twenty two now
but I won't be for long
Time hurries on
And the leaves that are green
turn to brown
And they wither with the wind
And they crumble in your hand
Once my heart was filled
with the love of a girl
I held her close
but she faded in the night
Like a poem I meant to write
And the leaves that are green
turn to brown
And they wither with the wind
And they crumble in your hand
I threw a pebble in a brook
And watched the ripples run away
And they never made a sound
And the leaves that are green
turned to brown
And they wither with the wind
And they crumble in your hand
Hello Hello Hello Hello
Good bye Good bye
Good bye Good bye
That's all there is
And the leaves that are green
turned to brown