I saw you by the river that goes flowing on forever
The blossoms from the apple tree were falling for your charms
I looked at you, you looked at me, but those of us could barely see
But the river stood between us, and the slightest chance of harm
I was walking down the road that leads from August to September
When I saw you picking berries with their colours on your hand
Like the swallows on the rooftop you were making plans for winter
When I came a little closer, like the swallows you were gone
But do you know or don?t you, that I?ll be thinking of you
That I feel you?re right beside me, in the singing of the song
And we?ll sing it where the road goes round the corner to remember
That the magic of the music?s in the note that lingers on
There was ice upon the river and the city seems to shiver
Til I saw you in the marketplace that keeps the winter warm
You were selling herbs and spices and a drink of human kindness
And a candle for the window that the darkness might be gone
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When the ice begins to splinter and the spring is coaxing winter
And the taking of his racquet coat, our days are turning warm
With the seasons I?ll remember, that as June said to December
Love and life is letting go, as much as holding on
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