Green leaves hold the last of spring
Softly dancing, whispering
Sweet the air with soil and bloom
I wish I could bottle this perfume
Oh, let me keep the April sun
A season’s warmth when day is done
Your smiling eyes, so near, so true
I’ll tie them to the sky’s soft blue
Bees and butterflies hum low
Where the fragrant grasses grow
Time slips through my hands like rain
But I’ll plant your memory in the plain
Oh, let me keep the April sun
A season’s warmth when day is done
Your smiling eyes, so near, so true
I’ll tie them to the sky’s soft blue
Some loves fly where no lines meet
Like birds across the clouds so fleet
Yet if my heart still calls your name
The spring we had will stay the same
When my hair turns white and slow
I'll still see the you I know –
A laughing eye, a spring day's start
Forever blooming in my heart
