Winter's calling And the leaves begin to change They're falling down around my feet Like children as they play As they play, as they play Another game Winter's calling And my arms begin to shake Shadows getting longer As generations fade away Fade away, fade away But here I stay Oh, with the falling of the leaves Oh, as the ground begins to freeze That's how it's meant to be I am the tree Light around my head Wind between my leaves Nothing but the sky to hear me grieve And so the branch becomes the tree Lean your head and let my hair fall down your face Love me still as we grow old, remind me of this day Of this day, of this day Come what may Oh, with the falling of the leaves Oh, as the ground begins to freeze Oh, let it sink in by degrees Oh, what my mother passed to me Oh, seasons come and they will leave That's how it's meant to be I am the tree