All my life's a distant memory
Apples on the tree
The sun over the sea
Another melody

Veil of night upon my mystic rose
So the story goes
Now her petals close
I loved her, I suppose

I've been waiting for the winter's end
And the time when spring will come again
Slow like mercury came lights of gold
Like the rivers flowed And a child grows old
And their life will unfold

Cold was the manner of the ancient ghost
Spirit of the unknown
Immortal in its song
Wandered the earth alone

Lead us to the commander-in-chief
From the world we cannot see
A sight to suspend belief
Resting eternally

L've been waiting for the winter's end
And the time when spring will come again

All your life's a distant memory
Freckles on your cheek
The soil and the seed
Another melody