SUMMER SIDE OF LIFE
Gordon Lightfoot
1971


He came down through fields of green
On the summer side of life
His love was ripe
There were no illusions
On the summer side of life
Only tenderness.

And if you saw him now
You'd wonder why he would cry
The whole day long.

There was young girls everywhere
On the summer side of life
They talked all night
To the young men that they knew
On the summer side of life
Going off to fight.

And if you saw them now
You'd wonder why they'd cry
The whole day long.

He came down through fields of green
On the summer side of life
He prayed all night
Then he walked into a house
Where love had been misplaced
His chance to waste.

And if you saw him now
You'd wonder why he would cry
The whole day long.

And if you saw him now
You'd wonder why....

And if you saw him now
You'd wonder why.

And if you saw him now
You'd wonder why. (fade)



(Transcribed by David Story - February 2013)