Leaves That Are Green (Live, 1969)

[Verse 1]

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

[Chorus]

And the leaves that are green turn to brown

And they wither with the wind

And they crumble in your hands

[Verse 2]

Once my heart was filled with love of a girl

I held her close but she faded in the night

Like a poem I meant to write

[Chorus]

And the leaves that are green turn to brown

And they wither with the wind, oh

And they crumble in your hand

[Verse 3]

I threw a pebble in a brook

And watched the ripples run away

And they never made a sound

[Chorus]

And the leaves that are green turn to brown

And they wither with the wind

And they crumble in your hand

[Verse 4]

Hello, hello, hello, hello

Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

That's all there is

[Chorus]

And the leaves that are green turn to brown

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