1. The falling leaves drift by the window
The falling leaves of red and gold
I see your lips, the summer kisses
The sun-burned hands I used to hold
2. Ah, the apple trees,
Blossoms in the breeze,
That we walked among,
Lying in the hay,
Games we used to play,
While the rounds were sung,
Only yesterday
Ah, the apple trees,
Sunlit memories,
Where the hammock swung,
On our backs we'd lie,
Looking at the sky,
Till the stars were strung,
Only last July,
3. When the summer wind came blowin' in from across the sea
It lingered there, to touch your hair and walk with me
All summer long we sang a song and we strolled that golden sand
Two sweethearts and the summer wind
Then softer than a piper man, one day it called to you
I lost you, I lost you to the summer wind
1. Since you went away the days grow long
And soon I'll hear old winter's song
4. And when October goes
The snow begins to fly
Above the smokey roofs
I watch the planes go by
The children running home
Beneath a twilight sky
Oh, for the fun of them
When I was one of them
And when October goes
The same old dream appears
And you are in my arms
To share the happy years
I turn my head away
To hide the helpless tears
Oh, how I hate
To see October go
I should be over it now I know
It doesn't matter much
How old I grow
I hate to see October go
