A Hazy Shade of Winter

[Verse 1]

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

The leaves are brown

And the sky is a hazy shade of winter

[Verse 2]

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 3]

Hang on to your hopes, my friend

That's an easy thing to say

But if your hope should pass away

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]

Ah, seasons change with the scenery

Weaving time in a tapestry

Won't you stop and remember me

At any convenient time?

[Verse 4]

Funny how my memory skips

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Of unpublished rhyme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

Look around

Leaves are brown

There's a patch of snow on the ground

Look around

Leaves are brown

There's a patch of snow on the ground