Lyrics Leaves That Are Green - Simon & Garfunkel

Leaves That Are Green

I was twenty-one years when I wrote this song
I'm twenty-two now but I won't be for long
Time hurries on
[Chorus]
And the leaves that are green turn to brown
And they wither with the wind
And they crumble in your hand
Once my heart was filled with the love of a girl
I held her close, but she faded in the night
Like a poem I meant to write
[Chorus]
I threw a pebble in a brook
And watched the ripples run away
And they never made a sound
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Hello, hello, hello, hello, good-bye
Good-bye, good-bye, good-bye
That's all there is
[Outro]
And the leaves that are green turned to brown
And they wither with the wind
And they crumble in your hand