Barbara Dickson - The Long and Lonely Winter lyrics

Summer comes October The green becomes the brown The leaves will all be red and gold Before they touch the ground Before they touch the ground, my dear Before they touch the ground The long and lonely winter will be here The early autumn evening Was once the afternoon But now the chill and frosty night It always comes too soon It always comes too soon, my dear It always comes too soon The long and lonely winter will be here The white-throat and the swallow Are nowhere to be found And the red-wing is upon the land Before you turn around Before you turn around, my dear Before you turn around The long and lonely winter will be here The traveller has left the road So very long and still And the sun will wait till the winter through Before he leaves the hill Before he leaves the hill, my dear Before he leaves the hill The long and lonely winter will be here Summer comes October A season here and gone And very little time to lose Before the day is done Before the day is done, my dear Before the day is done The long and lonely winter will be here