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 were 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 would 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.