He came down through fields of green   On the summer side of life   His love was ripe   There was no illusions   On the summer side of life   Only tenderness      And if you saw him now   You'd wonder why he would cry   A 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   Goin' off to fight      And if you saw them now   You'd wonder why they would cry   A whole day long      He came down through field 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   A 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